Mahabharata — Ashramavasika Parva, Shloka 1

धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

2: छा अकाल त्रिशो&्थ्याय: कुन्तीका कर्णके जन्मका गुप्त रहस्य बताना और व्यासजीका उन्हें सान्त्वना देना कुन्त्युवाच भगवन्‌ श्वशुरो मेडसि दैवतस्यापि दैवतम्‌ | स मे देवातिदेवस्त्वं शृणु सत्यां गिरं मम

Transliteration

Kuntī uvāca | bhagavan śvaśuro me ’si daivatasya api daivatam | sa me devātidevas tvaṃ śṛṇu satyāṃ giraṃ mama ||

Translation

昆蒂说道：“尊者啊，你是我的公公，更是我所敬奉诸神之上的神。因此于我而言，你胜过诸天。请听我真实之言——今日我将在你面前揭示我一生中的一桩隐秘。”

Word by Word

• कुन्ती: Kunti
• कुन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्वशुरः: father-in-law
• श्वशुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Genitive, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दैवतस्य: of the deity
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दैवतम्: the deity (god)
• दैवतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he/that (you)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Dative, Singular

• देवातिदेवः: god above gods
• देवातिदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवातिदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Second, Nominative, Singular

• शृणु: hear/listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सत्याम्: true
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गिरम्: speech/statement
• गिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kuntī
• Vyāsa (implied addressee as father-in-law and spiritual authority)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) expressed with humility and reverence: Kuntī prepares to reveal a hidden truth, acknowledging moral responsibility and the need for guidance from a higher authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Āśramavāsika context, Kuntī addresses Vyāsa with deep veneration and announces that she will disclose a long-concealed personal secret—traditionally connected with the circumstances of Karṇa’s birth—seeking understanding and consolation.