Shloka 1
अपन का छा | अप्-७#रात जा - पशुवधसे यहाँ क्या अभिप्राय है, ठीक समझमें नहीं आया। एकचत्वारिशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय: भगवान् श्रीकृष्णका अर्जुनको अपने प्रभावका वर्णन करते हुए अपने नामोंकी व्युत्पत्ति एवं माहात्म्य बताना जनमेजय उवाच अस्तौषीद् यैरिमं व्यास: सशिष्यो मधुसूदनम् । नामभिवीविधैरेषां निरुक्ते भगवन् मम,जनमेजयने कहा--भगवन्! शिष्योंसहित महर्षि व्यासने जिन नाना प्रकारके नामोंद्वारा इन मधुसूदनका स्तवन किया था, उनका निर्वचन (व्युत्पत्ति) मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें। मैं प्रजापतियोंके पति भगवान् श्रीहरिके नामोंकी व्याख्या सुनना चाहता हूँ; क्योंकि उन्हें सुनकर मैं शरच्चन्द्रके समान निर्मल एवं पवित्र हो जाऊँगा
janamejaya uvāca | astauṣīd yair imaṃ vyāsaḥ saśiṣyo madhusūdanam | nāmabhir vividhais teṣāṃ nirukte bhagavan mama |
Janamejaya said: “O Blessed One, please explain to me the derivations and intended meanings of those many different names by which the sage Vyāsa, together with his disciples, praised Madhusūdana. I wish to hear the elucidation of the names of Lord Hari, the sovereign of the Prajāpatis; for by hearing them I shall become pure and spotless, like the autumn moon.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical and devotional idea that sacred names are not mere labels: their meanings (nirukta) reveal divine qualities, and attentive hearing of such meanings is presented as a means of inner purification.
King Janamejaya asks the teacher to explain the derivations and significance of the many epithets used by Vyāsa (with his disciples) in praising Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa/Hari), expressing a desire to become purified by hearing those explanations.