Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अयं वै कीदृशस्तेन मम दत्तो महात्मना | मन्त्रग्रामो बल॑ तस्य ज्ञास्ये नातिचिरादिति,“उन महात्मा ब्राह्मणने मुझे यह कैसा मन्त्रसमूह प्रदान किया है? उसके बलको मैं शीघ्र ही (परीक्षाद्वारा) जानूँगी'

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | ayaṃ vai kīdṛśas tena mama datto mahātmanā | mantragrāmo balaṃ tasya jñāsye nāticirād iti |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana nói: “Bậc đại tâm kia đã ban cho ta một tập chú ngữ như thế nào? Chẳng bao lâu nữa, ta sẽ thử nghiệm và biết được uy lực của nó.”

Word by Word

अयम्this

वैindeed

कीदृशःof what kind?

तेनby him / with that

ममof me / my

दत्तःgiven

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

मन्त्रग्रामःa collection of mantras

बलम्power, strength

तस्यof it / of him

ज्ञास्येI shall know / ascertain

नnot

अतिचिरात्after a very long time (i.e., not long)

इतिthus (quotative)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

mahātmā (a great-souled brāhmaṇa, unnamed)

mantragrāma (collection of mantras)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights discernment and responsible inquiry: even a sacred gift like a mantra-collection should be understood through careful verification of its efficacy, not merely accepted on assumption.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a character’s reaction after receiving a set of mantras from a great brāhmaṇa: she wonders what kind it is and resolves to test it soon to learn its true power.