Mahabharata 1.140.5 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 140, Shloka 5

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

शृणु राजन्निदं तत्र प्रोच्यमानं मयानघ । न मे5 भ्यसूया कर्तव्या श्र॒ुत्वैतत्‌ कुरुसत्तम

Transliteration

śṛṇu rājann idaṃ tatra procyamānaṃ mayānagha | na me 'bhyasūyā kartavyā śrutvaitat kurusattama ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— হে রাজন, হে নিষ্পাপ! এই বিষয়ে আমি যা বলছি তা শোনো। হে কুরুশ্রেষ্ঠ! এটি শুনে আমার প্রতি দোষারোপ বা সন্দেহ কোরো না।

Word by Word

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (शृणोति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तत्र: there; in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• प्रोच्यमानम्: being spoken (by me)
• प्रोच्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (वच्) → प्रोच्यमान (present passive participle)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular, passive, present (शानच्/मान)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, instrumental, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: to/for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, dative, singular

• अभ्यसूया: fault-finding; envy; censure
• अभ्यसूया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यसूया
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• कर्तव्या: should be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति) → कर्तव्य (gerundive)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular, gerundive (तव्यत्)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (शृणोति) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive)

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुसत्तम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + सत्तम
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Kuru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models ethical communication: a narrator asks the listener to hear fully and refrain from fault-finding, emphasizing fair-minded listening and respect for truthful narration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses King Janamejaya, preparing to recount a sensitive or significant episode and requesting that the king not judge him harshly for what is being narrated.