Shloka 25
Instruction to the Brahmin
The Greatness of Piṇḍa and Prasāda on Mount Nīla
अस्माभिः पृष्टमेतस्य किमेतज्जातमद्भुतम् । तदा प्रोवाच नः सर्वान्बालकः परमाद्भुतम्
asmābhiḥ pṛṣṭametasya kimetajjātamadbhutam | tadā provāca naḥ sarvānbālakaḥ paramādbhutam
మేము అతనిని అడిగితిమి—“ఇది ఏ అద్భుతం జరిగింది?” అప్పుడు ఆ పరమాద్భుత బాలుడు మమ్మల్ని అందరినీ ఉద్దేశించి పలికెను.
Narrator (a member of a group) describing that a boy spoke in reply
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पृष्टम्+एतस्य → पृष्टमेतस्य; किम्+एतत् → किमेतत्; एतत्+जातम् → एतज्जातम्; जातम्+अद्भुतम् → जातमद्भुतम्; प्रोवाच = प्र+उवाच (उवाच with preverb प्र); नः+सर्वान् → नः सर्वान्; सर्वान्+बालकः → सर्वान्बालकः (अनुस्वार/परसवर्ण).
FAQs
The verse is narrated in the first-person plural (“by us,” “to us”), indicating a narrator speaking on behalf of a group, reporting that a boy replied to their question.
A group asks what wondrous event has occurred, and the boy then speaks to all of them in response.
It highlights attentive inquiry and receptive listening—wonder leads to questioning, and the narrative turns toward instruction delivered by an unexpectedly “most marvelous” speaker.