Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एवमेतन्महाराज नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

evam etan mahārāja nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Assim é, ó grande rei; aqui não há necessidade de mais deliberação.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• कार्या: to be done / necessary
• कार्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विचारणा: deliberation, consideration
• विचारणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores acceptance of a settled truth: once the matter is established by reliable narration and moral conclusion, needless speculation should be set aside.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, continuing his account to King Janamejaya, affirms the point just made and signals that no further debate is required at this juncture.