Shloka 27

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य पूजयित्वा च नारदम्‌ | अभ्यनुज्ञाय राजर्षिययौ वाराणसीं पुरीम्‌

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca sa tatheti pratiśrutya pūjayitvā ca nāradam | abhyanugñāya rājarṣir yayau vārāṇasīṃ purīm ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：听罢此言，王仙摩鲁多答道：“如是。”他以应有的敬礼奉敬那罗陀，得其许可而辞行，遂启程前往婆罗痆斯（Vārāṇasī）城。

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus / so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रतिश्रुत्य: having assented / having promised
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिश्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• पूजयित्वा: having honored / having worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

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

• नारदम्: Narada
• नारदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यनुज्ञाय: having taken leave / having obtained permission
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• राजर्षिः: the royal sage (king-sage)
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ययौ: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वाराणसीम्: to Varanasi
• वाराणसीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa
• Narada
• Marutta
• Varanasi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should honor spiritual wisdom, respond with truthful assent, and act with proper etiquette—seeking permission and maintaining humility—before undertaking important actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Marutta agrees to Nārada’s words, reveres him, formally takes leave, and departs for Vārāṇasī, indicating a transition to the next stage of the episode.