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Shloka 1

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)

Devanagari script

भीकम (2 अमान सप्तदर्शाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: अर्जुनका प्रभासतीर्थमें श्रीकृष्णसे मिलना और उन्हींके साथ उनका रैवतक पर्वत एवं द्वारकापुरीमें आना वैशम्पायन उवाच सो<परान्तेषु तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । सर्वाण्येवानुपूर्व्येण जगामामितविक्रम:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर अमित-पराक्रमी अर्जुन क्रमशः अपरान्त (पश्चिम समुद्रतटवर्ती)-देशके समस्त पुण्य तीर्थों और मन्दिरोंमें गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: so 'parānteṣu tīrthāni puṇyāny āyatanāni ca | sarvāṇy evānupūrvyena jagāmāmitavikramaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Par la suite, Arjuna, dont la vaillance était sans mesure, parcourut dans l’ordre tous les tīrtha sacrés et les sanctuaires saints de la région d’Aparānta (les terres côtières de l’Ouest).

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

सःhe

अपरान्तेषुin the western borderlands (Aparānta regions)

तीर्थानिpilgrimage-fords, sacred places

पुण्यानिholy, meritorious

आयतनानिabodes, shrines

चand

सर्वाणिall

एवindeed, just

अनुपूर्व्येणin due order, sequentially

जगामwent

अमितविक्रमःof immeasurable prowess

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Arjuna

Aparānta

tīrthas (pilgrimage sites)

āyatanas (shrines/temples)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heroic power is shown alongside dharmic discipline: Arjuna’s strength is paired with orderly pilgrimage to holy places, implying that merit (puṇya) and reverence for sacred spaces support ethical life and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After earlier events, Arjuna travels through the western coastal region (Aparānta), visiting all the tīrthas and shrines one by one; the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports this to King Janamejaya.