Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कथ्यमानं श्रुतं दिव्यमाख्यानमतिमानुषम्‌ । यथा च चक्रे सारथ्यं भवस्य प्रपितामह:

Transliteration

kathyamānaṃ śrutaṃ divyam ākhyānam atimānuṣam | yathā ca cakre sārathyaṃ bhavasya prapitāmahaḥ ||

Translation

“Câu chuyện kỳ diệu, vượt ngoài phàm nhân này đang được kể lại và truyền nghe—rằng chính bậc Tổ Phụ đã từng làm người đánh xe cho Bhava (Śiva) như thế nào.”

Word by Word

• कथ्यमानम्: being told/being narrated
• कथ्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथ्यमान (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शतृ/शानच्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine, wondrous
• दिव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यानम्: narrative, tale
• आख्यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतिमानुषम्: superhuman
• अतिमानुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यथा: how, in what manner
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• चक्रे: did, made, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सारथ्यम्: charioteering, the role of charioteer
• सारथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रपितामहः: the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• प्रपितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Prapitāmaha (Brahmā)
• sārathya (charioteer service)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest beings exemplify humility and service within dharma: the ‘Grandsire’ is portrayed as taking the role of a charioteer for Śiva, underscoring that true greatness can include willing service and reverence toward the divine order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya introduces (or continues) a marvelous, superhuman account that is being told and heard, specifically highlighting the episode in which Brahmā (the prapitāmaha) acted as the charioteer of Bhava (Śiva).