एतच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रस्य वचनं मुनिसत्तमाः । बृहस्पतिरुवाचैनं महेन्द्रं देव संवृतम्
etacchrutvā mahendrasya vacanaṃ munisattamāḥ | bṛhaspatiruvācainaṃ mahendraṃ deva saṃvṛtam
Nghe lời của Mahendra, trước mặt các bậc hiền thánh tối thượng, Bṛhaspati liền cất lời với Mahendra, khi Ngài đang được chư thiên vây quanh.
Unspecified narrator (introducing Bṛhaspati’s reply)
Scene: Bṛhaspati rises to speak in a celestial hall; Indra sits among assembled gods; sages form a semicircle. The moment captures the hush before revelation—hands in añjali, faces attentive.
Authoritative teaching is framed as a public, dharma-oriented instruction given by a guru to leaders for the welfare of beings.
Dvārakā Māhātmya remains the context, though this verse primarily sets the scene for instruction.
None; it is a narrative transition into doctrinal explanation.