Shloka 4

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच अत्र ते वर्णयिष्यामि यथावृत्तं जनेश्वर । नारद: पर्वतश्चैव द्वावृषी लोकसत्तमौ

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | atra te varṇayiṣyāmi yathāvṛttaṃ janeśvara | nāradaḥ parvataś caiva dvāv ṛṣī lokasattamau ||

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa nói: “Hỡi bậc chúa của loài người, tại đây ta sẽ thuật lại đúng như sự việc đã xảy ra. Nārada và Parvata—hai vị hiền triết ấy—là bậc tối thượng trong các cõi.”

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Shri Krishna
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• वर्णयिष्यामि: I shall describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्णय् (वर्णयति)
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वृत्तम्: what happened; the account
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जनईश्वर: O lord of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वतः: Parvata (sage Parvata)
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• द्वौ: two
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ऋषी: sages
• ऋषी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• लोकसत्तमौ: best among the worlds/people
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Nārada
• Parvata
• janeśvara (the addressed king/lord of men)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds fidelity to truth in narration (yathāvṛttam): ethical instruction should be grounded in what is accurate and witnessed, and it honors exemplary sages as authoritative conveyors of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa begins a factual account for a king, introducing Nārada and Parvata as two eminent sages who will be central to the episode he is about to recount.