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Shloka 27

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

त्रैकालिकमिद ज्ञान प्रादुर्भूत॑ यथेप्सितम्‌ । तच्छुणुध्वं यथान्यायं वक्ष्ये संशयमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

traikālikam idaṁ jñānaṁ prādurbhūtaṁ yathepsitam | tac chṛṇudhvaṁ yathānyāyaṁ vakṣye saṁśayam uttamam ||

Translation

ความรู้แห่งกาลทั้งสาม—อดีต ปัจจุบัน และอนาคต—ได้บังเกิดแก่ข้าพเจ้าตรงดังที่ปรารถนา ฉะนั้นจงฟังโดยเคารพ ตามครรลองอันชอบธรรม; ข้าพเจ้าจะกล่าวข้อวินิจฉัยอันสูงสุดซึ่งขจัดความสงสัย

Word by Word

त्रैकालिकम्pertaining to the three times (past, present, future)

इदम्this

ज्ञानम्knowledge

प्रादुर्भूतम्manifested, arisen

यथाas, in the manner that

ईप्सितम्desired, wished-for

तत्that

शृणुध्वम्hear (you all), listen

यथाaccording as, in accordance with

अन्यायम्injustice, improper way

वक्ष्येI shall speak

संशयम्doubt

उत्तमम्excellent, best

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 speaker frames his forthcoming instruction as doubt-dispelling guidance grounded in nyāya (propriety/justice), claiming authoritative insight (knowledge spanning the three times) and urging disciplined listening—an ethical posture for receiving dharmic teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana announces that a special, comprehensive knowledge has manifested to him and invites the listeners to hear carefully; he is about to deliver an excellent clarification intended to resolve a significant doubt.