Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अदाहे हाश्वसेनस्य दानवस्य मयस्य च । कारणं कीर्तित ब्रह्म॒ज्छार्इुकाणां न कीर्तितम्‌,विप्रवर! आपने अश्वसेन नाग तथा मयदानवके न जलनेका कारण तो बताया है; परंतु शाड्ड्गकोंके दग्ध न होनेका कारण नहीं कहा है

Transliteration

adāhe hāśvasenasya dānavasya mayasya ca | kāraṇaṁ kīrtita brahmañ chārṅgakāṇāṁ na kīrtitam, vipravara |

Translation

阇那मे阇耶说道：“婆罗门尊者，你已说明阿湿婆塞那那伽与摩耶达那婆为何未被焚尽；却未说那些娑尔恩伽迦为何也不被烧毁。”

Word by Word

• अदाहे: in (the matter of) not-burning
• अदाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदाह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हाश्वसेनस्य: of Aśvasena
• हाश्वसेनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दानवस्य: of the Dānava (demon)
• दानवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मयस्य: of Maya
• मयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कारणम्: cause, reason
• कारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कीर्तितम्: has been stated/mentioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (PPP)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• छार्इुकाणाम्: of the Śāḍḍgakas/Śāḍḍgāḥ (group-name; reading uncertain)
• छार्इुकाणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: छार्इुक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कीर्तितम्: has been stated/mentioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (PPP)

• विप्रवर: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रवर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Aśvasena
• Maya (Maya Dānava)
• Śārṅgakas
• Brahmin interlocutor (vipravara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models disciplined inquiry: a listener does not accept an incomplete account but asks for the missing causal link. In epic narration, ethical understanding often depends on knowing the specific reasons (kāraṇa) behind exceptions—who is spared, who is not, and why.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya, hearing an account of a great burning in which certain beings (Aśvasena and Maya) escaped, points out an omission and asks the narrator to explain another exception: why the Śārṅgakas also were not consumed.