Shloka 11

Nāmānirukta of Nārāyaṇa (Keśava–Viṣṇu–Vāsudeva) and the Rudra–Nārāyaṇa Unity Theme

Devanagari script

त॑ ददर्शाश्रमपदे नारद: सुमहातपा: । अथैनमब्रवीत्‌ काले मथुराक्षरया गिरा,उसी समय महातपस्वी नारदजी उस आश्रमपर पधारकर व्यासजीसे मिले और मधुर अक्षरोंसे युक्त मीठी वाणीमें उनसे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

taṁ dadarśāśramapade nāradaḥ sumahātapāḥ | athainam abravīt kāle madhurākṣarayā girā ||

Translation

ครั้งนั้นมหาตบัสวีนารทได้เห็นท่าน ณ อาศรม ครั้นได้กาลอันควรแล้ว จึงกล่าวกับท่านด้วยวาจาอ่อนโยน ไพเราะด้วยถ้อยคำที่คัดสรร

Word by Word

तत्that (place/thing)

ददर्शsaw

आश्रमपदेat the hermitage-site

नारदःNārada

सुमहातपाःof very great austerity

अथthen

एनम्him

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

कालेat the time

मधुराक्षरयाwith sweet-syllabled (speech)

गिराwith speech/voice

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

āśrama (hermitage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 ethical communication: counsel should be offered at the proper time (kāle) and with gentle, well-chosen words (madhurākṣarayā girā), reflecting dharmic restraint and respect.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada arrives at a hermitage and sees the person there (understood in the Gītā Press gloss as Vyāsa). He then begins to speak to him, setting up the next instruction or message.