Shloka 286

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

तदेतन्मे यथातत्त्वं सर्वमाख्यातुमहसि । श्वेतद्वीपसे लौटे हुए उन नारदजीसे महात्मा नर-नारायण ऋषियोंने क्या बात की थी? ये सब बातें आप यथार्थरूपसे बतानेकी कृपा करें

Transliteration

tad etan me yathātattvaṃ sarvam ākhyātum arhasi | śvetadvīpāt nivṛttena nāradena saha mahātmabhyāṃ nara-nārāyaṇābhyāṃ ṛṣibhyāṃ kā vārtā kṛtā | etat sarvaṃ yathārtha-rūpeṇa vaktum anugrahaṃ kuru ||

Translation

ชนเมชัยตรัสว่า— ขอท่านจงเล่าให้ข้าพเจ้าฟังทั้งหมดตามความเป็นจริง เมื่อพระนารทกลับจากเศวตทวีปแล้ว มหาฤๅษีนรและนารายณ์ได้สนทนาสิ่งใดกับท่าน? โปรดบอกให้ครบถ้วนโดยเที่ยงตรง

Word by Word

तत्that

एतत्this

मेto me / for me

यथाas, in the manner that

तत्त्वम्the truth, reality

सर्वम्all

आख्यातुम्to tell, to relate

अर्हसिyou are able/fit (please)

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Nārada

Nara

Nārāyaṇa

Śvetadvīpa

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 foregrounds dharmic inquiry: a listener should seek an account “as it truly is” (yathātattvam), valuing accuracy, faithful transmission, and humility before sacred knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janamejaya asks the narrator to recount, in full and truthfully, what Nārada reported or discussed after returning from Śvetadvīpa, specifically the conversation between Nārada and the great sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa.