Shloka 15

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि आख्यानमिदमुत्तमम्‌ । कथितं नारदेनेह पितुर्मम नराधिप,“नरेश्वर! इस विषयमें तुम्हें यह उत्तम आख्यान सुना रहा हूँ, जिसे नारदजीने मेरे पिताजीसे कहा था

Transliteration

atra te vartayiṣyāmi ākhyānam idam uttamam | kathitaṃ nāradeneha pitur mama narādhipa ||

Translation

Tại đây, trẫm sẽ kể cho ngài nghe câu chuyện tuyệt diệu này, hỡi Đại vương—chính trong việc này, hiền triết Nārada đã từng thuật lại cho phụ thân ta.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'atra', 'definition': 'here

• in this context'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you'}, {'term': 'vartayiṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I will relate

• I will narrate'}, {'term': 'ākhyānam', 'definition': 'narrative

• instructive tale'}, {'term': 'idam', 'definition': 'this'}, {'term': 'uttamam', 'definition': 'excellent

• most beneficial'}, {'term': 'kathitam', 'definition': 'told

• narrated'}, {'term': 'nāradena', 'definition': 'by Nārada (instrumental case)'}, {'term': 'iha', 'definition': 'here

• in this matter/occasion'}, {'term': 'pituḥ mama', 'definition': 'to my father'}, {'term': 'narādhipa', 'definition': 'O ruler of men

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nārada
• Sañjaya's father
• King (narādhipa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That ethical counsel is often conveyed through exemplary narratives (ākhyāna), and that a king should attend to such inherited wisdom transmitted by trustworthy sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya signals a transition: he is about to recount an ‘excellent tale’ relevant to the present issue, explicitly grounding its authority by stating that Nārada once told it to Sañjaya’s father.