Shloka 2936

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

यस्य प्रसादाद्‌ वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम्‌ | वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--अमिततेजस्वी भगवान्‌ व्यासको नमस्कार है, जिनके कृपाप्रसादसे मैं भगवान्‌ नारायणकी यह कथा कह रहा हूँ

Transliteration

yasya prasādād vakṣyāmi nārāyaṇa-kathām imām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana thưa: Nhờ ân phúc của bậc khiến ta có thể cất lời, nay ta sẽ thuật lại thánh truyện về Nārāyaṇa. Xin cúi đầu đảnh lễ Bhagavān Vyāsa, bậc rực sáng vô lượng; chính nhờ phước lành của Ngài mà lời kể này mới thành tựu.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall speak/tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नारायणकथाम्: the story/discourse of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणकथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणकथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethic of humility in transmission of sacred knowledge: true narration is presented as possible through the grace (prasāda) of revered authorities—here, Vyāsa—and is oriented toward the divine subject, Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker Vaiśampāyana introduces the forthcoming Nārāyaṇa-related discourse, framing it as spoken by the power of another’s blessing and implicitly offering reverence to Vyāsa as the source and guarantor of the tradition.