Shloka 33
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Devanagari script
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणुष्वैतदुपाख्यानं यथावृत्तं जनेश्वर
Transliteration
vaiśampāyana uvāca
śṛṇuṣvaitadupākhyānaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ janeśvara
Translation
వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఓ జనేశ్వరా, జరిగినదానిని జరిగినట్లే ఈ ఉపాఖ్యానాన్ని వినుము.
Word by Word
वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपाख्यानम्narrative, episode
उपाख्यानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाख्यान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाas, according to how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आवृत्तम्happened, occurred (as it took place)
आवृत्तम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootआ-वृत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)
जन-ईश्वरO lord of men (O king)
जन-ईश्वर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaJ
janeśvara (a king addressed)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of events—an ethical stance of truthful narration (yathāvṛtta) that undergirds dharma-based instruction in the epic.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and signals the start of an embedded episode (upākhyāna), inviting the listener to hear the account as it truly occurred.