Shloka 11

Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response

Devanagari script

एवमेष महान्‌ धर्म: स ते पूर्व नृपोत्तम । कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पित:,नृपश्रेष्ठट इस प्रकार यह महान धर्म मैंने तुम्हें पहले हरिगीतामें संक्षेपसे बताया है

Transliteration

evaṁ eṣa mahān dharmaḥ sa te pūrva nṛpottama | kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ ||

Translation

ویشَمپاین نے کہا—اے نریپوتّم! یوں یہ عظیم دھرم میں نے تمہیں پہلے ہی ‘ہری گیتا’ میں باقاعدہ ترتیب کے ساتھ مختصر اور منہجی خلاصے کی صورت میں بیان کر دیا تھا۔

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

एषःthis

महान्great

धर्मःdharma, duty/law

सःthat (he/it)

तेto you

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

नृप-उत्तमO best of kings

कथितःtold, narrated

हरि-गीतासुin the songs/hymns of Hari (Harigītā-s)

समास-विधि-कल्पितःconstructed/formed according to the method of summarizing (by compounding)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

nṛpottama (addressed king)

Hari

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 emphasizes that ‘great dharma’ can be transmitted effectively through a disciplined, concise summary, and that such instruction—linked with devotion to Hari—has already been communicated to the king.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, continuing his narration, signals a transition or closure by reminding the addressed king that the essential doctrine of dharma has been previously explained in a summarized, methodically arranged form within the Harigītā passages.