Shloka 2
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च
Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration
किंतु लघ्वर्थसंयुक्त प्रियाख्यानं न मामति । प्रीणात्यतो भवान् भूयो विस्तरेण ब्रवीतु मे,परंतु संक्षेपसे कहा हुआ यह प्रिय आख्यान सुनकर मुझे पूर्णतः तृप्ति नहीं हो रही है। अत: आप पुनः विस्तारपूर्वक मुझसे इसी दिव्य कथाका वर्णन कीजिये। दक्ष प्रजापति और मनुसे लेकर उन सब राजाओंका पवित्र जन्म-प्रसंग किसको प्रसन्न नहीं करेगा?
kintu laghv-artha-saṁyuktaṁ priyākhyānaṁ na mām ati | prīṇāty ato bhavān bhūyo vistareṇa bravītu me ||
Janamejaya disse: “Contudo, este relato amado, embora pleno de sentido mesmo quando breve, não me satisfaz por completo. Por isso, peço-te que o digas novamente com maior detalhe. Quem não se alegraria ao ouvir os sagrados relatos de nascimento daqueles reis, começando por Dakṣa Prajāpati e Manu?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the value of attentive inquiry and the traditional esteem for sacred genealogies: hearing the origins of righteous lineages is considered purifying and spiritually pleasing, and a sincere listener seeks fuller understanding rather than settling for a mere summary.
King Janamejaya, listening to the Mahābhārata’s ancestral accounts, says that the brief telling has not satisfied him and requests the narrator to recount the story again with greater विस्तार (detail), especially the holy birth-accounts of kings beginning from Dakṣa Prajāpati and Manu.