Shloka 473

Devanagari script

आटद्य: प्रकीर्तितो राजन्‌ सर्वपापप्रमोचन: । राजन! यह आदियमें होनेवाले देवता और ऋषियोंका मुख्य समुदाय अपने नामका कीर्तन करनेपर मनुष्यको सब पापोंसे मुक्त करता है

Transliteration

āṭadyaḥ prakīrtito rājan sarvapāpapramocanaḥ |

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „O König, Āṭadya ist als Tilger aller Sünden gerühmt worden. Wer seinen Namen singend verkündet, wird von jeder Sünde befreit—so erklären es die erhabensten Versammlungen der Götter und ṛṣis, die im Urzeitalter entstanden.“

Word by Word

• आटद्यः: Āṭadya (a name/epithet)
• आटद्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आटद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed/celebrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वपापप्रमोचनः: the remover of all sins
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमोचन (प्रातिपदिक) with सर्वपाप- (पूर्वपद)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'rājan')
• Āṭadya
• Devas
• Ṛṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sincere kīrtana (reverent chanting) of a sanctifying divine name—here Āṭadya—functions as a powerful means of moral purification, capable of releasing a person from accumulated pāpa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the king on dharma and expiatory means. Here he cites a traditional proclamation—attributed to the leading gatherings of gods and sages—that chanting Āṭadya’s name frees one from sins.