Shloka 12
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
गुरुणा च मयाप्येष कथितो नृपसत्तम । यथा तत् कथित तत्र नारदेन तथा शृणु,नृपश्रेष्ठ! मेरे गुरु व्यासजीने और मैंने भी यह विषय कहा था; परंतु वहाँ नारदजीने उस विषयका जैसा वर्णन किया था, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो
guruṇā ca mayāpy eṣa kathito nṛpasattama | yathā tat kathitaṃ tatra nāradena tathā śṛṇu nṛpaśreṣṭha ||
毗湿摩波罗耶那说道：“诸王之最啊，此事我的师尊毗耶娑（Vyāsa）与我也曾讲述。如今，至高的统治者啊，请听我依当时那罗陀所言，原原本本地复述。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of sacred-historical teaching: the narrator grounds his account in the authority of his guru (Vyāsa) and promises to reproduce Nārada’s version accurately, highlighting integrity, lineage, and reliability in dharma instruction.
Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and signals a shift to a prior authoritative telling: although Vyāsa and Vaiśampāyana have narrated the topic, he now invites the listener to hear the same matter as Nārada recounted it in that earlier setting.