Shloka 3536

Devanagari script

सर्वसंकरपापेभ्यो देवतास्तवनन्दक: । जो मनुष्य उपर्युक्त देवता आदिका कीर्तन

Transliteration

sarvasaṅkarapāpebhyo devatāstava-nandakaḥ | yo manuṣya uparyukta-devatādikāḥ kīrtana-stavana-abhinandanaṃ karoti, sa sarvaprakāra-pāpa-bhayāt mukto bhavati | devatānāṃ stutiṃ ca abhinandanaṃ ca kurvan puruṣaḥ sarvaprakāra-saṅkara-pāpebhyaḥ chūyate |

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「神々を讃えることを喜びとし、先に挙げた神々の名を唱え、称え、恭しく礼拝する者は、あらゆる罪と恐れから解き放たれる。神々に讃歌と敬意ある拝礼を捧げる者は、混じり合い紛らわしい諸罪のすべてより解脱する。」

Word by Word

• सर्वसंकरपापेभ्यः: from all mixed/impure sins
• सर्वसंकरपापेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसंकरपाप
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• देवतास्तवनन्दकः: one who delights in praising the gods / a god-praise-delighter
• देवतास्तवनन्दकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतास्तवनन्दक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devatāḥ (the gods/deities)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverent devotion expressed through recitation (kīrtana), praise (stavana/stuti), and respectful salutation (abhinandana) toward the deities purifies a person, removing fear and freeing one from accumulated and ‘mixed’ sins that entangle moral life.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, emphasizing devotional practice. Here he states the spiritual and ethical benefit of honoring the gods previously listed in the discourse: such worshipful praise leads to purification and release from sin and fear.