कौतुकं हृदि मे जातं वर्त्तते मुनिपुंगव । प्रसादः क्रियतां मह्यं कथयस्व प्रसादतः
kautukaṃ hṛdi me jātaṃ varttate munipuṃgava | prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mahyaṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ
اے مُنیوں کے سردار، میرے دل میں ایک گہرا اشتیاق پیدا ہوا ہے اور ٹھہرا ہوا ہے۔ مجھ پر کرم فرمائیے؛ اپنی عنایت سے مجھے بیان کیجیے۔
Ajapāla
Tirtha: Arbuda kshetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience (a king)
Scene: Ajapāla, visibly earnest, requests the sage’s favor to satisfy his inner curiosity; Vasiṣṭha appears compassionate, poised to answer.
Knowledge is sought best with humility, and true instruction is received as prasāda (grace).
None specified; the verse is a request within the dialogue framework.
None; it is a devotional request for teaching.