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

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Wer die heilige, reinigende Erzählung von den großherzigen Pāṇḍavas vernommen hat, der fürchtet weder innere Bedrängnis (seelischen Schmerz) noch leibliche Krankheit; denn die Taten jener rechtschaffenen Männer sind an sich verdienstvoll und glückverheißend zu hören.

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• चरितम्: deed(s), conduct, story
• चरितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित (प्रातिपदिक; √चर)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• आधि-व्याधि-भयम्: fear of mental affliction and disease
• आधि-व्याधि-भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them (for them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• जायते: arises, is born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), आत्मनेपद, Third, Singular

• पुण्यकर्मणाम्: of those whose deeds are meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas

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.