Shloka 1

Devanagari script

विराटपर्वकी सम्पूर्ण "्लोक-संख्या--२६९१ #2.# #22.7 (9) #च्दिम अलड श्रवण-महिमा श्र॒त्वा तु चरितं पुण्यं पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | नाधिव्याधिभयं तेषां जायते पुण्यकर्मणाम्‌,पुण्यकर्मा महात्मा पाण्डवोंका पवित्र चरित्र सुनकर श्रोताओंको आधि (मानसिक दुःख) और व्याधि (शारीरिक कष्ट)-का भय नहीं होता है

Transliteration

śrutvā tu caritaṃ puṇyaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | nādhivyādhibhayaṃ teṣāṃ jāyate puṇyakarmaṇām ||

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: من سمع السيرة المقدّسة المطهِّرة لِلبانْدَفَة ذوي النفوس العظيمة، لا يعتريه خوفٌ من الآدهي (كرب النفس) ولا من الفْيَادهي (داء الجسد)؛ إذ إن أعمال أولئك الرجال الأبرار في ذاتها ذاتُ أجرٍ وبركة، وسماعها ميمون.

Word by Word

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तुindeed/but

चरितम्deed(s), conduct, story

पुण्यम्holy, meritorious

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled

नnot

आधि-व्याधि-भयम्fear of mental affliction and disease

तेषाम्of them (for them)

जायतेarises, is born

पुण्यकर्मणाम्of those whose deeds are meritorious

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the śravaṇa-phala (benefit of listening): hearing the righteous and purifying life-story of the Pāṇḍavas generates auspiciousness and dispels fear of mental distress (ādhi) and physical illness (vyādhi), emphasizing the ethical-spiritual power of dharmic narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the close of the Virāṭa Parva, the narrator Vaiśampāyana offers a traditional phalaśruti-style statement, praising the merit of hearing the Pāṇḍavas’ account and describing its protective, purifying effect on the audience.