Shloka 2

Devanagari script

य इदं पठते पर्व शृणुयाद्‌ वापि नित्यश: । स मुच्यते महापापै: कृतैघोरिश्व॒ कर्मभि:

Transliteration

ya idaṁ paṭhate parva śṛṇuyād vāpi nityaśaḥ | sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtair ghoraiś ca karmabhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Whoever regularly recites this section, or even listens to it day after day, is released from great sins—even those arising from dreadful deeds.

Word by Word

यःwho

इदम्this

पठतेreads

पर्वthe parvan/section

शृणुयात्would hear / should listen to

वाor

अपिalso/even

नित्यशःalways, regularly

सःhe

मुच्यतेis freed

महापापैःfrom great sins

कृतैःdone/committed

घोरैःterrible

कर्मभिःby deeds

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

parva (section of the Mahābhārata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular recitation or attentive listening to this Mahābhārata section is presented as a powerful means of moral purification, capable of freeing a person from even grave sins produced by terrible actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya concludes or frames the section with a phalaśruti-style statement, praising the spiritual and ethical benefit of hearing or reciting the parva, a common epic device that links the war narrative to moral instruction.