Shloka 11

Devanagari script

संशयस्तु महाप्राज्ञ संजातो हृदये मम । तन्मुने मम तत्त्वेन वक्तुमहसि पृच्छत:,महाप्राज्ञ! मुने! किंतु मेरे मनमें एक संशय है, जिसे पूछ रहा हूँ। आप उसे यथार्थरूपसे बतानेकी कृपा करें

Transliteration

saṁśayas tu mahāprājña sañjāto hṛdaye mama | tan mune mama tattvena vaktum arhasi pṛcchataḥ ||

Translation

మహాప్రాజ్ఞా! నా హృదయంలో ఒక సందేహం కలిగింది. మునివర్యా! నేను అడుగుతున్నాను; కాబట్టి సత్యతత్త్వానుసారం, యథార్థంగా, దయచేసి నాకు స్పష్టంగా చెప్పండి.

Word by Word

संशयःdoubt

तुbut/indeed

महाप्राज्ञO great-wise one

संजातःarisen/produced

हृदयेin (the) heart

ममof me/my

तत्that (doubt)

मुनेO sage

ममof me/to me

तत्त्वेनin truth/truly

वक्तुम्to tell/speak

अर्हसिyou ought/are fit

पृच्छतःof (me) asking

Speaker

ऋषभ उवाच

Characters & Entities

ऋ

ऋषभ (Rishabha)

म

मुनी/महाप्राज्ञ (the addressed sage)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical discipline of inquiry: when doubt arises, one should approach a truly wise teacher and request an explanation grounded in tattva (reality/truth), not mere opinion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rishabha addresses a sage renowned for wisdom, stating that a doubt has arisen in his heart and formally asks the sage to explain the matter truthfully and precisely.