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Shloka 3

अध्याय ३५ — वासुकिचिन्ता-शमनम्

Vāsuki’s Anxiety and Brahmā’s Confirmation

पन्नगानां तु नामानि न कीर्तयसि सूतज । प्राधान्येनापि नामानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम्‌,किंतु सूतपुत्र! आप सर्पोके नाम नहीं बता रहे हैं। यदि सबका नाम बताना सम्भव न हो, तो उनमें जो मुख्य-मुख्य सर्प हैं, उन्हींके नाम हम सुनना चाहते हैं

pannagānāṃ tu nāmāni na kīrtayasi sūtaja | prādhānyenāpi nāmāni śrotum icchāmahe vayam ||

Śaunaka nói: “Hỡi con trai của Sūta, ngươi chưa kể tên các loài rắn (nāga). Dẫu không thể liệt kê hết, chúng ta vẫn muốn được nghe ít nhất những danh xưng trọng yếu trong số họ.”

पन्नगानाम्of the serpents
पन्नगानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कीर्तयसिyou mention/recite
कीर्तयसि:
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तय्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active
सूतजO son of a charioteer (Sūta)
सूतज:
TypeNoun
Rootसूतज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्राधान्येनby prominence / chiefly
प्राधान्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्राधान्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormTumun (infinitive)
इच्छामहेwe desire/wish
इच्छामहे:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, First, Plural, Atmanepada, Active
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Plural

शौनक उवाच

Ś
Śaunaka
S
Sauti (Ugraśravas), addressed as sūtaja
P
Pannagas (serpents)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the discipline of careful transmission: listeners (the sages) request a structured account—if exhaustive detail is impractical, at least the principal items should be preserved and communicated.

In the Naimiṣa forest dialogue-frame, Śaunaka questions Sauti for omitting the serpents’ names and asks him to recite at least the chief serpents, indicating the sages’ interest in key lineages and notable figures.