Shloka 103
कियन्तं कालमवसत् कां कथां पृष्टवांश्व सः । बदरिकाश्रममें आकर उन दोनों ऋषियोंसे मिलनेके पश्चात् नारदजीने वहाँ कितने समयतक निवास किया और उन दोनोंसे कौन-सी कथा पूछी?
kiyantaṁ kālam avasat kāṁ kathāṁ pṛṣṭavāṁś ca saḥ | badarikāśramam āgatya tau dvau ṛṣīn upasaṅgamya nāradaḥ tatra kiyantaṁ kālaṁ nyavasat, tayor ubhayor api kāṁ kathāṁ papraccha?
阇那美阇耶问道：“那罗陀到达婆陀梨迦住处（Badarikāśrama），拜见那两位仙人之后，在那里停留了多久？又向他们请问了哪一段法义故事？”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic method of learning: sincere inquiry (praśna) directed to realized sages, with attention to context—where the teaching is received, from whom, and under what disciplined period of residence.
Janamejaya asks the narrator to specify details about Nārada’s visit to Badarikāśrama—how long he stayed after meeting two sages there, and which particular discourse or story he requested from them.