Shloka 74

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

सौतिरुवाच एवमाभाष्य त॑ ब्रह्मा जगाम स्वं निवेशनम्‌,उग्रश्रवाजी कहते हैं--महात्माओ! ब्रह्माजी व्यासजीसे इस प्रकार सम्भाषण करके अपने धाम ब्रह्मलोकमें चले गये

Transliteration

Sautir uvāca: evam ābhāṣya taṁ Brahmā jagāma svaṁ niveśanam.

Translation

Sauti nói: “Nói với ngài như thế xong, Phạm Thiên liền trở về nơi cư ngụ của mình.” Lời kể nhấn mạnh sự khép lại trang nghiêm của một huấn dụ thần linh: khi lời chỉ dạy đã ban, trật tự vũ trụ được giữ vững bằng việc mỗi hữu thể trở về đúng vị trí và bổn phận của mình.

Word by Word

• सूतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सूतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• आभाष्य: having spoken (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), Active

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निवेशनम्: abode, dwelling
• निवेशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Brahmā
• niveśana (abode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech and instruction carry authority when delivered appropriately, and dharma is upheld when each being completes their role and returns to their proper sphere—here symbolized by Brahmā departing to his own abode after speaking.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Sauti reports that Brahmā, after conversing with the addressed person (contextually Vyāsa in the surrounding narration), concludes the exchange and departs to his own residence.