Shloka 282

Devanagari script

दक्षिण भारतीय पाठसे लिये गये श्लोक--- २४९ (२२॥) ३३

Transliteration

dakṣiṇa-bhāratīya-pāṭhase liye gaye śloka—249 (22) 33

Translation

दक्षिणभारतीयपाठानुसार उद्धृतः श्लोकः— (२२) ३३; श्लोकसंख्या २४९ इति।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'vaiśampāyana uvāca', 'definition': 'Vaiśampāyana said (narratorial attribution).'}, {'term': 'dakṣiṇa', 'definition': 'southern

• pertaining to the South (here: Southern recension).'}, {'term': 'bhāratīya', 'definition': 'Indian

• in context, referring to a regional textual tradition/recension.'}, {'term': 'pāṭha', 'definition': 'reading

• textual version/recension.'}, {'term': 'śloka', 'definition': 'a verse

• also a unit of verse-numbering.'}, {'term': 'liya/liye gaye', 'definition': 'taken/selected (editorial note indicating source).'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Southern (Dakṣiṇa) recension

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a moral instruction but an editorial/transmission marker: it signals that the verse is being cited from a particular recension (the Southern reading), reminding readers that the Mahābhārata exists in multiple textual traditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the plot, the text here functions as a reference note attached to Vaiśampāyana’s narration, indicating an alternate verse-numbering/source (Southern recension) for the corresponding passage.