Shloka 26

Dvārakāyāṃ Sāhāyya-vibhāgaḥ (Alliance Allocation at Dvārakā) / उद्योगपर्व अध्याय ७

Devanagari script

बलदेव उवाच विदितं ते नरव्याप्र सर्व भवितुमरहति । यन्मयोक्तं विराटस्य पुरा वैवाहिके तदा,बलदेवजी बोले--पुरुषसिंह! पहले राजा विराटके यहाँ विवाहोत्सवके अवसरपर मैंने जो कुछ कहा था, वह सब तुम्हें मालूम हो गया होगा

Transliteration

Baladeva uvāca: viditaṁ te naravyāghra sarvaṁ bhavitum arhati | yan mayoktaṁ Virāṭasya purā vaivāhike tadā ||

Translation

பலதேவன் கூறினான்—மனிதர்களில் புலியே! இப்போது நீ அனைத்தையும் அறிந்திருக்க வேண்டியது பொருத்தம். முன்பு விராட அரசனின் திருமண விழாவில் நான் சொன்னது நிச்சயமாக உனக்குத் தெரிந்திருக்கும்.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'बलदेव उवाच (Baladeva uvāca)', 'definition': 'Baladeva said'}, {'term': 'विदितम् (viditam)', 'definition': 'known, understood'}, {'term': 'ते (te)', 'definition': 'to you

• your'}, {'term': 'नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra)', 'definition': 'tiger among men

• an honorific for a heroic person'}, {'term': 'सर्वम् (sarvam)', 'definition': 'everything

• all'}, {'term': 'भवितुम् (bhavitum)', 'definition': 'to be

• to come to pass'}, {'term': 'अर्हति (arhati)', 'definition': 'is proper/fit

• is appropriate'}, {'term': 'यत् (yat)', 'definition': 'that which

• what'}, {'term': 'मया उक्तम् (mayā uktam)', 'definition': 'spoken by me'}, {'term': 'विराटस्य (Virāṭasya)', 'definition': 'of Virāṭa (King Virāṭa)'}, {'term': 'पुरा (purā)', 'definition': 'formerly

• earlier'}, {'term': 'वैवाहिके (vaivāhike)', 'definition': 'at a wedding

• pertaining to marriage festivities'}, {'term': 'तदा (tadā)', 'definition': 'then

Speaker

बलदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Baladeva
• Virāṭa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes responsible knowledge and accountability: a worthy person should recognize and recall prior counsel and statements, especially those given in public or solemn contexts, and act with integrity based on what is already known.

What is happening in the narrative?

Baladeva addresses a heroic listener, referring back to something he had said earlier during King Virāṭa’s wedding festivities, implying that the earlier statement has now become relevant and is (or should be) known to the addressee.