Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १४४ श्लोक हैं) ऑपन--माज छा | जि पजञज्चाशर्दाधिकशततमोब् ध्याय: जपनेयोग्य मन्त्र और सबेरे-शाम कीर्तन करनेयोग्य देवता

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstra-viśārada | kiṃ japyaṃ japato nityaṃ bhaved dharma-phalaṃ mahat ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Großvater, du bist überaus weise und in allen Śāstras bewandert. Darum frage ich: Was soll man täglich rezitieren — welches Mantra oder welcher Hymnus — damit man durch beständiges Wiederholen eine große Frucht des Dharma erlangt?“

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वशास्त्रविशारद: O expert in all śāstras
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वशास्त्रविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जप्यम्: to be recited (fit for japa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जपतः: of one who recites
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, daily
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• भवेत्: would be / may arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मफलम्: fruit of dharma (religious merit)
• धर्मफलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मफल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: daily disciplined recitation (japa) is presented as a means to accrue substantial ethical-spiritual merit, and the proper object of recitation should be chosen under scriptural guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction setting, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma (his ‘grandfather’) and asks him to recommend a mantra or stotra that, when recited every day, yields great fruit of dharma.