Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एतावदेव शक्यं तु तत्र द्वीपे प्रभाषितुम्‌ । एतदेव च श्रोतव्यं शाकद्वीपे महौजसि,महाराज! उस महान्‌ तेजोमय शाकद्वीपके सम्बन्धमें इतना ही कहा जा सकता है और इतना ही सुनना चाहिये

Transliteration

etāvad eva śakyaṃ tu tatra dvīpe prabhāṣitum | etad eva ca śrotavyaṃ śākadvīpe mahaujasi, mahārāja |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王啊，关于那强盛而光辉的娑迦洲（Śākadvīpa），所能言说者唯此而已；关于它，所应听闻者亦唯此而已。”

Word by Word

एतावत्this much

एवonly/just

शक्यम्possible

तुbut/indeed

तत्रthere/in that context

द्वीपेin the island/continent

प्रभाषितुम्to speak/tell

एतत्this (much/this matter)

एवonly/just

चand

श्रोतव्यम्to be heard/should be heard

शाकद्वीपेin Śākadvīpa

महौजसिin the mighty/very powerful (one/place)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)

Śākadvīpa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes restraint and discernment in discourse: some subjects admit only limited description, and a listener should accept what is appropriate and sufficient rather than demand exhaustive detail.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and concludes a brief account of Śākadvīpa, stating that only a limited description is possible and that this limited account is what should be heard.