Shloka 39

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

Devanagari script

कीर्ति प्रथणता लोके पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | अन्‍्येषां क्षत्रियाणां च भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम्‌

Transliteration

kīrti-prathanatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūri-draviṇa-tejasām | sarvajñaḥ vidhi-vidhānake jñātā dharmajñaḥ sādhuḥ indriyātīta-jñāna-sampannaḥ śuddhaḥ tapaḥ-prabhāvena pavitrāntaḥkaraṇavān aiśvarya-sampannaḥ sāṅkhya-yoga-vidvān tathā aneka-śāstra-pāradarśī munivaraḥ vyāsaḥ divya-dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭvā mahātmā-pāṇḍavān anyāṃś ca pracura-dhana-sampannān mahātejasvinaḥ rājñaḥ kīrti-prasāraṇāya asya itihāsasya racanāṃ cakāra

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Afin que la gloire des Pāṇḍavas au grand cœur — et celle d’autres rois kṣatriyas, riches en trésors et rayonnants de puissance — se répandît dans le monde, le sage Vyāsa, omniscient, maître des ordonnances de la loi sacrée et du juste agir, connaisseur du dharma et saint véritable, doté d’un savoir au-delà des sens, pur, l’être intérieur lavé par la force de l’austérité, pourvu de majesté spirituelle, instruit en Sāṅkhya et en Yoga et profondément versé dans de nombreux śāstras, vit tout d’un regard divin et composa cette histoire.»

Word by Word

• कीर्तिः: fame, renown
• कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रथणता: spreading, expansion
• प्रथणता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रथणता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of kṣatriyas, warriors
• क्षत्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भूरि-द्रविण-तेजसाम्: of those having abundant wealth and splendor
• भूरि-द्रविण-तेजसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि-द्रविण-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vyāsa
• Pāṇḍavas
• kṣatriya kings (other rulers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the Mahābhārata as an itihāsa composed to preserve and spread exemplary fame rooted in dharma: noble conduct, rightful kingship, and the ethical weight of actions are made memorable through narrative, guided by Vyāsa’s purified insight and śāstric mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana explains why the epic was composed: Vyāsa, endowed with divine sight and spiritual authority, created this history so that the renown of the Pāṇḍavas and other powerful kings would be known widely in the world.