Shloka 7

Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)

Devanagari script

निदर्शनमपि हात्र भवति,इस विषयमें श्रुतिका यह दृष्टान्त भी है

Transliteration

nidarśanam api hātra bhavati, iṣa viṣayeṃ śrutika idaṃ dṛṣṭāntam api hai

Translation

اس باب میں ایک مثال بھی ہے؛ اس نکتے پر شروتی (ویدی وحی) خود مثال پیش کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

निदर्शनम्example/illustration

अपिalso/even

हिindeed/for

अत्रhere/in this matter

भवतिis/occurs

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Śruti (Vedic revelation)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker appeals to Śruti as the highest authority and indicates that the ethical or doctrinal point being argued is supported not only by reasoning but also by a Vedic precedent (dṛṣṭānta).

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, in the course of a discussion on dharma in the Śānti Parva, strengthens his position by stating that an illustrative example exists and that the Vedic Śruti itself offers such an example for the matter at hand.