Shloka 44

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच प्रत्यक्षकर्ता सर्वस्य नारदो भगवानृषि: । एष वक्ष्यति ते पृष्टो यथावृत्तं नरोत्तम

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | pratyakṣakartā sarvasya nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ | eṣa vakṣyati te pṛṣṭo yathāvṛttaṁ narottama ||

Translation

风神瓦尤说道：“圣者那罗陀是这一切事件的亲见证人。人中至杰啊，你若问他，他必将如实叙述所发生的一切，分毫不差。”

Word by Word

• वायुदेवः: Vāyu-deva (the Wind-god)
• वायुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रत्यक्षकर्ता: direct doer/one who acted as an eyewitness agent
• प्रत्यक्षकर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षकर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all (of everything)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: venerable/divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (person), he
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्ष्यति: will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• पृष्टः: having been asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वृत्तम्: what happened; the event(s)
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नर-उत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reliable knowledge should be sought from a trustworthy, direct witness; truthful narration (yathāvṛttaṁ) is upheld as a dharmic standard for understanding events and making ethical judgments.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva points the inquirer to Nārada, identifying him as the firsthand witness of the relevant events and stating that Nārada will recount the full account accurately when questioned.