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 dit : Quiconque récite régulièrement cette section, ou même l’écoute jour après jour, est délivré des grands péchés, y compris de ceux issus d’actes effroyables.

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

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.