Shloka 1

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

हम आय न () है सप्तसप्तत्याथिकाद्वेशततमो< ध्याय: श्रीरामके राज्याभिषेककी तैयारी

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Uktaṁ bhagavatā janma Rāmādīnāṁ pṛthak pṛthak | Prasthāna-kāraṇaṁ brahman śrotum icchāmi kathyatām ||

Translation

ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର କହିଲେ— ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ! ଆପଣ ଶ୍ରୀରାମ ଆଦି ଭାଇମାନଙ୍କ ଜନ୍ମକଥା ପୃଥକ୍ ପୃଥକ୍ କହିଦେଲେ। ଏବେ ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନର କାରଣ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରୁଛି; ଦୟାକରି କହନ୍ତୁ। କେଉଁ କାରଣରୁ ଦଶରଥଙ୍କ ବୀର ପୁତ୍ର ରାମ ଓ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମଣ, ଏବଂ ମିଥିଲାର ରାଜକନ୍ୟା ଯଶସ୍ବିନୀ ସୀତା ସହିତ ବନକୁ ଯିବାକୁ ପଡ଼ିଲା?

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भगवता: by the venerable one (sir)
• भगवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रामादीनाम्: of Rāma and others
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामादि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• पृथक्: separately (again, for emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• प्रस्थानकारणम्: the cause of the departure
• प्रस्थानकारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थान-कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O brāhmaṇa / O sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• इच्छामि: I wish/desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथ्यताम्: let it be told / please tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive/impersonal sense: 'let it be told'

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• राम (Rāma)
• लक्ष्मण (Lakṣmaṇa)
• सीता (Sītā)
• दशरथ (Daśaratha)
• मिथिला (Mithilā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic inquiry: before judging an event like exile, one should seek its true cause from a reliable authority. It also frames exile not as mere misfortune but as a morally significant turning point connected with duty, vows, and the testing of righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Rāmopākhyāna section of Vana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira asks the sage-narrator to explain why Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā had to leave for the forest, since the births of the brothers have already been narrated.