Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच प्रत्यक्षकर्ता सर्वस्य नारदो भगवानृषि: । एष वक्ष्यति ते पृष्टो यथावृत्तं नरोत्तम,श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं--नरश्रेष्ठ भगवान्‌ नारद ऋषि इन सब घटनाओंके प्रत्यक्षदर्शी हैं। तुम्हारे पूछनेपर ये सारी बातें बता देंगे

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | pratyakṣakartā sarvasya nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ | eṣa vakṣyati te pṛṣṭo yathāvṛttaṁ narottama ||

Translation

Ваюдева сказал: «Благословенный риши Нарада — непосредственный свидетель всех этих событий. О лучший из людей, когда ты спросишь его, он поведает тебе всё в точности, как оно произошло на самом деле».

Word by Word

वायुदेवःVāyu-deva (the Wind-god)

उवाचsaid/spoke

प्रत्यक्षकर्ताdirect doer/one who acted as an eyewitness agent

सर्वस्यof all (of everything)

नारदःNārada

भगवान्venerable/divine

ऋषिःsage

एषःthis (person), he

वक्ष्यतिwill tell

तेto you

पृष्टःhaving been asked

यथाas, according to how

वृत्तम्what happened; the event(s)

नर-उत्तमO best of men

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reliable knowledge should be sought from a trustworthy, direct witness; truthful narration (yathāvṛttaṁ) is upheld as a dharmic standard for understanding events and making ethical judgments.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva points the inquirer to Nārada, identifying him as the firsthand witness of the relevant events and stating that Nārada will recount the full account accurately when questioned.