Adi Parva Adhyaya 54 Shloka 3 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Shloka 3

Vyāsa’s Arrival at Janamejaya’s Sarpasatra; Commissioning of Vaiśaṃpāyana’s Recital (व्यासागमनम्)

Devanagari script

आस्तीक उवाच कि निमित्तं मम पितुर्दत्ता त्वं मातुलेन मे । तन्ममाचदक्ष्व तत्त्वेन श्रुत्वा कर्तास्मि तत्‌ तथा

Translation

आस्तीक उवाच—कि निमित्तं मम पितुर्दत्ता त्वं मातुलेन मे । तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन श्रुत्वा कर्तास्मि तत् तथा ॥

Word by Word

आस्तीकःĀstīka

उवाचsaid

किम्what

निमित्तम्reason, cause

ममmy

पितुःof (my) father

दत्ताgiven (in marriage)

त्वम्you

मातुलेनby (my) maternal uncle

मेof me, my

तत्that

ममto me

आचक्ष्वtell, explain

तत्त्वेनtruthfully, in accordance with the truth

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

कर्तास्मिI shall do / I will undertake

तत्that (act/thing)

तथाthus, accordingly

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes