महाभारत · 1.107.17–18
॥
देवनागरी
व्यास उवाच
एवम् एतत् सौबलेयि नैतज् जात्व् अन्यथा भवेत् ॥
वितथं नोक्तपूर्वं मे स्वैरेष्व् अपि कुतो ऽन्यथा ॥
घृतपूर्णं कुण्डशतं क्षिप्रम् एव विधीयताम् ॥
शीताभिर् अद्भिर् अष्ठीलाम् इमां च परिषिञ्चत ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vyāsa uvāca
evam etat saubaleyi naitaj jātv anyathā bhavet ||
vitathaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me svaireṣv api kuto 'nyathā ||
ghṛtapūrṇaṃ kuṇḍaśataṃ kṣipram eva vidhīyatām ||
śītābhir adbhir aṣṭhīlām imāṃ ca pariṣiñcata ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम् एतत् सौबलेयि न एतत् जातु अन्यथा भवेत्evam etat saubaleyi na etat jātu anyathā bhavet"so it is, daughter of Subala; this will never be otherwise"
वितथं न उक्तपूर्वं मे स्वैरेषु अपि कुतः अन्यथाvitathaṃ na uktapūrvaṃ me svaireṣu api kutaḥ anyathā"I have never spoken falsely before, even in jest -- how then otherwise now?"
घृतपूर्णं कुण्डशतं क्षिप्रम् एव विधीयताम्ghṛtapūrṇaṃ kuṇḍaśataṃ kṣipram eva vidhīyatām"let a hundred vessels filled with clarified butter be prepared at once"
शीताभिः अद्भिः अष्ठीलाम् इमां च परिषिञ्चतśītābhiḥ adbhiḥ aṣṭhīlām imāṃ ca pariṣiñcata"and sprinkle this ball with cold water"
व्यासvyāsaoriginal form "vyāsa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नैतज्naitajoriginal form "naitaj", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जात्व्jātvoriginal form "jātv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नोक्तपूर्वंnoktapūrvaṃoriginal form "noktapūrvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वैरेष्व्svaireṣvoriginal form "svaireṣv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुतोkutooriginal form "kuto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽन्यथा'nyathāoriginal form "'nyathā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शीताभिर्śītābhiroriginal form "śītābhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अद्भिर्adbhiroriginal form "adbhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Vyasa said: "So it is, daughter of Subala; this will never be otherwise. I have never spoken falsely before, even in jest -- how then otherwise now? Let a hundred vessels filled with clarified butter be prepared at once, and sprinkle this ball with cold water."
संस्करण
ebc1dd8f9c10 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:30:26 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Vyasa affirms the inviolability of his word. Telling is his declaration: "I have never spoken falsely, even in jest" -- an image of perfect truthfulness (satya), in which not even in play does untruth leave the lips. In this lies the highest virtue of the ascetic: the power of his boon rests on the unconditional truthfulness of his word; for one who never lies, what has been promised comes to pass without fail. Telling too is the means -- vessels of butter and the sprinkling of water: the sage does not undo what has happened, but turns even the ruined into good, transmuting the lump of flesh into the promised sons. Thus scripture shows that the word of a saint, grounded in truth, holds power even over the distorted course of nature, and that truth is the foundation of all real power.