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Shloka 62

और्वोपाख्यानम्

Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger

नारदप्रभृतीनां तु देवर्षीणां मया श्रुतम्‌ । गुणान्‌ कथयतां वीर पूर्वेषां तव धीमताम्‌,वीर! नारद आदि देवर्षियोंके मुखसे भी मैंने आपके बुद्धिमान्‌ पूर्वजोंका गुणगान सुना है

nārada-prabhṛtīnāṁ tu devarṣīṇāṁ mayā śrutam | guṇān kathayatāṁ vīra pūrveṣāṁ tava dhīmatām ||

โอ้วีรบุรุษ เราเองก็ได้สดับ—จากปากเทพฤๅษีอย่างนารทเป็นต้น—ถึงคุณความดีและคุณธรรมอันประเสริฐของบรรพชนผู้ทรงปัญญาของท่าน

नारदof Nārada
नारद:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनारद
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रभृतीनाम्and others beginning with (him)
प्रभृतीनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभृति
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
तुindeed/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
देवर्षीणाम्of the divine seers
देवर्षीणाम्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवर्षि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
श्रुतम्heard
श्रुतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गुणान्virtues/qualities
गुणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कथयताम्of (those) narrating/telling
कथयताम्:
Apadana
TypeVerb
Rootकथय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वीरO hero
वीर:
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पूर्वेषाम्of the former/earlier (ones)
पूर्वेषाम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
धीमताम्of the wise/intelligent
धीमताम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वीरO hero
वीर:
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

गन्धर्व उवाच

N
Nārada
D
Devarṣis (divine seers)
T
the hero addressed (vīra)
A
ancestors of the addressed person (pūrvāḥ/pūrve)

Educational Q&A

True honor is grounded in guṇa (virtue) and is validated by trustworthy transmission: the speaker appeals to the testimony of devarṣis like Nārada to affirm the ethical stature of the listener’s ancestors, implying that noble conduct is a legacy to be upheld.

A Gandharva addresses a hero and strengthens his standing by citing what he has heard from divine sages—especially Nārada—who recount the virtues of the hero’s wise forebears, thereby situating the present character within an esteemed ancestral tradition.