Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच उपासितास्ते राधेय ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगा: । तत्त्वार्थ परिपृष्टाश्न नियतेनानसूयया,श्रीकृष्णने कहा--राधानन्दन! तुमने वेदोंके पारंगत ब्राह्मणोंकी उपासना की है। तत्त्वज्ञानके लिये संयम-नियमसे रहकर दोष-दृष्टिका परित्याग करके उन ब्राह्मणोंसे अपनी शंकाएँ पूछी हैं

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | upāsitās te rādheya brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | tattvārtha-paripṛṣṭāś ca niyatena anasūyayā ||

Translation

Vāyu nói: “Hỡi Rādheya, ngươi đã phụng sự và tôn kính các Bà-la-môn tinh thông Veda. Với kỷ luật tự chế, không soi lỗi hay ganh tị, ngươi đã hỏi họ về ý nghĩa chân thật của thực tại—tìm cầu tri kiến đúng đắn trong tinh thần khiêm cung và đạo hạnh.”

Word by Word

वायुदेवःVāyudeva (the Wind-god)

उवाचsaid

उपासिताःworshipped/served

तेthey

राधेयO Rādheya (son of Rādhā)

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins

वेदपारगाःversed in the Vedas

तत्त्वार्थम्the true meaning/reality (as an object/aim)

परिपृष्टाःquestioned/asked (thoroughly)

असिyou are

नियतेनwith restraint/discipline

अनसूययाwith non-carping/non-envy (absence of fault-finding)

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

Rādheya (Karṇa)

Brāhmaṇas

Vedas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True learning is grounded in character: one should approach the learned with reverence, practice self-restraint, and inquire into truth without envy or a fault-finding attitude. Knowledge sought in humility becomes ethically transformative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Rādheya (Karṇa), acknowledging his past conduct: he honored Veda-knowing Brahmins and questioned them about tattva (truth) while maintaining disciplined behavior and anasūyā (non-malicious, non-censorious disposition).