Shloka 10

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

कृत्वा भारतमाख्यानं तपःश्रान्तस्य धीमत: । शुश्रूषां तत्परा राजन्‌ कृतवन्तो वयं तदा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kṛtvā bhāratam ākhyānaṃ tapaḥ-śrāntasya dhīmataḥ | śuśrūṣāṃ tat-parā rājan kṛtavanto vayaṃ tadā ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“大王，那位智者因苦行而疲惫，在撰成《婆罗多》大史诗之后，当时我们便全心全意侍奉于他。”

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

• भारत: the Mahabharata
• भारत: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आख्यानम्: narrative, account
• आख्यानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: of austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• श्रान्तस्य: of (one) wearied/exhausted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुश्रूषाम्: service, attendance
• शुश्रूषाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्पराः: intent on that, devoted
• तत्पराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृतवन्तः: having done, did
• कृतवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृतवत्
• Form: क्तवत् (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: true

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the King (rājan, i.e., Janamejaya in the frame narrative)
• Bhārata (Mahābhārata narrative)
• the wise ascetic author/teacher (implied: Vyāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights śuśrūṣā—devoted service and attentive care toward one’s teacher—as an ethical discipline that supports the preservation and transmission of sacred knowledge and history.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana tells the king that after the great Bhārata narrative was composed by the ascetic, wise teacher (implicitly Vyāsa), the disciples remained with him and served him devotedly.