Mahābhārata · 1.2.13
॥
Devanāgarī
अक्षौहिण्य इति प्रोक्तं यत् त्वया सूतनन्दन ।
एतद् इच्छामहे श्रोतुं सर्वम् एव यथातथम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
akṣauhiṇya iti proktaṃ yat tvayā sūtanandana |
etad icchāmahe śrotuṃ sarvam eva yathātatham ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अक्षौहिण्यः इतिakṣauhiṇyaḥ iti"akshauhinis"
प्रोक्तम्proktamthat which was said
यत् त्वयाyat tvayāwhat by you
सूतनन्दनsūta-nandanaO son of a suta
एतत्etatthis
इच्छामहेicchāmahewe wish
श्रोतुम्śrotumto hear
सर्वम् एवsarvam evaall of it exactly
यथातथम्yathā-tathamexactly as it is
अक्षौहिण्यakṣauhiṇyabase form "akṣauhiṇya", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
प्रोक्तंproktaṃbase form "proktaṃ", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
सूतनन्दनsūtanandanabase form "sūtanandana", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
एतद्etadbase form "etad", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
श्रोतुंśrotuṃbase form "śrotuṃ", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
यथातथम्yathātathambase form "yathātatham", added to fully cover the word-by-word block
Traducción
"What you have called 'akshauhini', O son of the suta -- all this we wish to hear exactly as it is."
Versión
9a2dd385ea4c · publicado 12 jul 2026, 14:16:08 UTC
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The sages again ask for an explanation of what they have heard -- now the structure of the "akshauhini", the army division. Their unwavering thirst to hear "exactly as it is" (yatha-tatham) shows the model of a diligent student: not content with the approximate, but striving for clear and complete knowledge. In the tradition, such diligence in hearing is a virtue: it purifies the mind and prepares the heart to receive the higher truths about the Lord, toward which every conversation in this epic ultimately leads.