Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठाच्चाप्यनुसंक्रान्तोी राजानमविकम्पनम्‌ । अन्तर्दथे ततो राजन्नेष धर्म: प्रभो हरे:,राजन! ज्येष्ठसे राजा अविकम्पनको इस धर्मका उपदेश प्राप्त हुआ। प्रभो! तदनन्तर यह भागवत-धर्म फिर लुप्त हो गया

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhāccāpy anusaṃkrānto rājānam avikampanam | antardadhe tato rājan eṣa dharmaḥ prabho hareḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “From the eldest as well, this teaching was transmitted to King Avikampana. Then, O King, this dharma—belonging to the Lord Hari—disappeared from view, falling into obscurity.”

Word by Word

ज्येष्ठात्from the elder (one)

चand

अपिalso

अनुसंक्रान्तःhaving passed on / having been transmitted

राजानम्the king

अविकम्पनम्Avikampana (proper name)

अन्तर्दधेdisappeared / became hidden

ततःthen / thereafter

राजन्O king

एषःthis

धर्मःdharma / teaching

प्रभोO lord

हरेःof Hari (Vishnu)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Avikampana

Hari

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?

The verse emphasizes that sacred dharma—here identified as the Lord Hari’s (Bhāgavata) dharma—survives through careful transmission in a lineage, yet can still become obscured when practice and remembrance decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a succession in which the teaching is handed down to King Avikampana; afterward, the tradition is said to ‘disappear’—meaning it becomes hidden or lost from common observance.