Shloka 156

Devanagari script

स्वधीते यत्‌ फल वेदे तदस्मिन्नपि पर्वणि । क्षत्रियाणामभीरूणां युक्तमत्र महद्‌ यश:,वेदोंके स्वाध्यायसे जो फल मिलता है, वही इस पर्वके पाठ और श्रवणसे भी प्राप्त होता है। इसमें निर्भय होकर युद्ध करनेवाले वीर क्षत्रियोंके महान्‌ यशका वर्णन है

Transliteration

svādhīte yat phalaṃ vede tad asminn api parvaṇi | kṣatriyāṇām abhīrūṇāṃ yuktam atra mahad yaśaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「ヴェーダの自習によって得られる果報は、この章を誦し、また聴聞することによっても同じく得られる。ここには、恐れを知らず退かずに戦うクシャトリヤたちの大いなる名声が、ふさわしく讃えられている。」

Word by Word

स्वधीतेin (one’s) self-study

यत्which

फलम्fruit, result

वेदेin the Veda

तत्that

अस्मिन्in this

अपिalso, even

पर्वणिin (this) parvan/section

क्षत्रियाणाम्of the Kshatriyas

अभीरूणाम्of the fearless

युक्तम्is fitting/appropriate

अत्रhere, in this (context)

महत्great

यशःfame, glory

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Veda

kṣatriyas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That attentive recitation and hearing of this Mahābhārata section is spiritually efficacious—comparable in merit to Vedic study—and that the narrative upholds the dharma of fearless kṣatriya conduct, where courage and steadfastness in rightful battle are praised as sources of lasting renown.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya introduces or commends the forthcoming/ongoing account within the Droṇa Parvan, stating its religious value (equal to Vedic study when heard or recited) and indicating that it chiefly narrates the great glory of undaunted warrior-kṣatriyas engaged in battle.