Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऑड # (_) ऑणआ आए षडशीरत्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: ताक्ष्यमुनि और सरस्वतीका संवाद मार्कण्डेय उवाच अन्रैव च सरस्वत्या गीत॑ं परपुरंजय । पृष्टया मुनिना वीर शृणु ताक्ष्येण धीमता,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--शत्रुओंकी राजधानी-पर विजय पानेवाले पाण्डुनन्दन! इसी विषयमें परम बुद्धिमान्‌ ताक्ष्य मुनिने सरस्वतीदेवीसे कुछ प्रश्न किया था, उसके उत्तरमें सरस्वतीदेवीने जो कुछ कहा था, वह तुम्हें सुनाता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: anenaiva ca Sarasvatyā gītaṃ parapuraṃjaya | pṛṣṭayā muninā vīra śṛṇu Tākṣyeṇa dhīmatā ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“噢，征服敌方城堡之勇者！正是关于此事，女神萨拉斯瓦蒂曾开示。勇士啊，且听睿智的牟尼塔克夏向她所问，以及她所作的回答。”

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

अन्यैवand further / moreover indeed

चand

सरस्वत्याby Sarasvati

गीतम्spoken/sung (utterance)

परपुरंजयO conqueror of enemy cities

पृष्टयाby (being) asked / by the question

मुनिनाby the sage

वीरO hero

शृणुlisten

ताक्ष्येणby Takshya

धीमताwise

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Sarasvatī

Tākṣya (muni)

Pāṇḍava (addressed as parapuraṃjaya/vīra)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse introduces an authoritative teaching transmitted through a chain of inquiry: a wise sage questions Sarasvatī, and Mārkaṇḍeya relays her response to a Pāṇḍava. Ethically, it foregrounds learning through respectful questioning (praśna) and trustworthy transmission (śruti/smṛti-style narration).

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya begins a new embedded dialogue: he tells the Pāṇḍava to listen to what Sarasvatī once said when questioned by the sage Tākṣya. This functions as a transition into the forthcoming discourse.