Shloka 56

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच महान्तमेवमथ मां यं त्वं पृष्छसि विस्मयात्‌ । त॑ प्रवक्ष्यामि ते सर्व समाधाय मन: शृणु

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca mahāntam evam atha māṃ yaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchasi vismayāt | taṃ pravakṣyāmi te sarvaṃ samādhāya manaḥ śṛṇu ||

Translation

व्यास उवाच—महान्तमेवमथ मां यं त्वं पृच्छसि विस्मयात् । तत् प्रवक्ष्यामि ते सर्वं समाधाय मनः शृणु ॥

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महान्तम्: great (one)/very great
• महान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पृच्छसि: you ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विस्मयात्: from astonishment/out of wonder
• विस्मयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain/tell forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it) / entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाधाय: having composed/fixed (having concentrated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Before receiving a serious teaching, the listener must steady the mind (samādhāya manaḥ) and attend carefully; profound matters require composure and focused listening.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa responds to an astonished inquiry, signaling that the question concerns a weighty subject and promising a complete explanation, while instructing the listener to concentrate.