Shloka 92

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां कविमुख्यानामुपजीव्यो भविष्यति । पर्जन्य इव भूतानामक्षयो भारतद्रुम:,संसारमें जितने भी श्रेष्ठ कवि होंगे उनके काव्यके लिये यह मूल आश्रय होगा। जैसे मेघ सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके लिये जीवनदाता है, वैसे ही यह अक्षय भारत-वृक्ष है

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ kavimukhyānām upajīvyo bhaviṣyati | parjanya iva bhūtānām akṣayo bhāratadrumaḥ ||

Translation

For all the foremost poets, this (Mahābhārata) will become a sustaining source and foundation for their poetry. Just as rain-clouds are life-giving to all beings, so too is this inexhaustible ‘Bhārata-tree’, ever providing nourishment and support.

Word by Word

सर्वेषाम्of all

कविमुख्यानाम्of the foremost poets

उपजीव्यःto be lived upon; a source of livelihood/support

भविष्यतिwill be

पर्जन्यःrain-cloud; Parjanya

इवlike, as

भूतानाम्of beings/creatures

अक्षयःimperishable, inexhaustible

भारतद्रुमःthe Bhārata-tree (Mahābhārata as a tree)

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata (Bhārata)

kavi (poets)

parjanya (rain-cloud)

bhārata-druma (the Bhārata-tree)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the Mahābhārata as an inexhaustible, life-sustaining source for later poets and thinkers—like rain that nourishes all beings—affirming the epic’s enduring authority and generative power in transmitting dharma and cultural wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the opening of Ādi Parva, the text is being praised and introduced. This verse functions as an encomium, declaring that the Bhārata will serve as a foundational reservoir for future literary creation, using the metaphor of a rain-cloud and a never-failing tree.