Shloka 1333

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

भ्रातरश्चास्य ते सर्वे नारायणपरा5भवन्‌ | वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इस उत्तम उपाख्यानको सुनकर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर और उनके सभी भाई भगवान्‌ नारायणके परम भक्त हो गये

Transliteration

bhrātaraś cāsya te sarve nārāyaṇa-parā abhavan |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O Janamejaya, having heard this excellent episode, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira and all his brothers became wholly devoted to Lord Nārāyaṇa—turning their minds toward Him as the highest refuge and guiding principle of conduct.

Word by Word

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नारायणपराः: devoted to Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणपराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became / were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (the Pāṇḍavas)
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Hearing a noble and dharma-centered account can reorient even great rulers toward the highest ideal—devotion to Nārāyaṇa—so that ethical life and governance are grounded in a supreme spiritual refuge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports to King Janamejaya that, after listening to an excellent upākhyāna (episode), Yudhiṣṭhira and all his brothers undergo an inner shift and become firmly devoted to Lord Nārāyaṇa.