Shloka 16

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

अनुभूतं हि बहुशस्त्वयैकेन द्विजोत्तम | न ते<स्त्यविदितं किंचित्‌ सर्वलोकेषु नित्यदा,विप्रवर! केवल आपने ही अनेक कल्पोंकी श्रेष्ठ रचनाका बहुत बार अनुभव किया है। सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें कभी कोई ऐसी वस्तु नहीं है, जो आपको ज्ञात न हो'

Transliteration

anubhūtaṃ hi bahuśas tvayaikena dvijottama | na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃcit sarvalokeṣu nityadā, vipravara ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “O pinakadakila sa mga isinilang na muli, ikaw lamang ang paulit-ulit na nakasaksi at nakaranas ng napakarami sa paglipas ng maraming kapanahunan. Sa lahat ng daigdig, sa anumang oras, walang anumang bagay na nananatiling di mo nalalaman, O pinunò ng mga brāhmaṇa.”

Word by Word

अनुभूतम्experienced, known by experience

हिindeed, for

बहुशःmany times, repeatedly

त्वयाby you

एकेनalone; by one (person)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

नnot

तेto you / of you

अस्तिis, exists

अविदितम्unknown

किञ्चित्anything, something

सर्वलोकेषुin all worlds

नित्यदाalways, at all times

विप्रवरO best of Brahmins

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa/sage)

vipravara (addressed brāhmaṇa/sage)

sarvaloka (all worlds)

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 underscores the epistemic authority of a realized brāhmaṇa-sage: true knowledge is grounded in repeated direct experience (anubhava) across vast time, making such a teacher a reliable guide for dharma and narrative truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses an eminent brāhmaṇa with honorifics, praising his vast experiential knowledge and implying that he is uniquely qualified to explain events and principles spanning many worlds and ages.