Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

अनागतश्र मोक्षश्न कृष्णद्वैपायन: प्रभु: । संदर्भ भारतस्यास्य कृतवान्‌ धर्मकाम्यया

Transliteration

anāgataśramokṣajñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ | saṃdarbhya bhāratasyāsya kṛtavān dharmakāmyayā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The venerable Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa), who knew the means of liberation from the toils that are yet to come, composed and arranged this Bhārata out of a desire to uphold and promote dharma.

Word by Word

• अनागतश्रमोक्षज्ञः: knower of the liberation from future toil (i.e., one who knows how to avert coming hardship)
• अनागतश्रमोक्षज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनागत-श्रम-मोक्ष-ज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संदर्भम्: compilation, arrangement, composition
• संदर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भारतस्य: of the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारतस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कृतवान्: made, composed, arranged
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Masculine

• धर्मकाम्यया: with the desire for dharma (righteousness)
• धर्मकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मकाम्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The epic is presented as a deliberately crafted guide: Vyāsa, knowing how beings can be freed from future suffering, composes the Bhārata with the intention of strengthening dharma—so that ethical discernment and right conduct may lead toward liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana attributes the composition and arrangement of the Mahābhārata to Vyāsa, emphasizing his authority and his motive: the work is woven together not merely as history, but as a dharma-oriented teaching meant to benefit listeners and readers.