किमेतद् ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तं भरद्वाज वदाऽऽशु मे । इत्युक्तेन पुनः प्रोक्तं भरद्वाजेन तेन मे ॥ १८ ॥
kimētad brahmaṇā prōktaṁ bharadvāja vadā’’śu mē | ityuktēna punaḥ prōktaṁ bharadvājēna tēna mē || 18 ||
Translation
"Bharadvāja, what is it that Brahmā said? Tell me quickly." When I said this, Bharadvāja spoke to me again.
Word by word
- kim
- what
- ētat
- this
- brahmaṇā
- by Brahmā
- prōktaṁ
- said
- bharadvāja
- Bharadvāja
- vada
- tell
- āśu
- quickly
- mē
- to me
- iti
- thus
- uktēna
- addressed
- punaḥ
- again
- tēna
- that
Meaning
The dialogue moves back and forth between teacher and disciple, as it will between Vasiṣṭha and Rāma.