Shloka 139

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

जनमेजयेन तच्छुत्वा कृतं सम्यग्‌ यथाविधि । यूयं हि तप्ततपस: सर्वे च चरितव्रता:,सूतपुत्र बोले--शौनक! वैशम्पायनजीका कहा हुआ यह सारा आख्टयान मैंने तुमसे कहा है। जनमेजयने इसे सुनकर उत्तम विधिपूर्वक भगवानका यजन किया। तुमलोग भी तपस्वी और व्रतका पालन करनेवाले हो

Transliteration

janamejayena tac chrutvā kṛtaṃ samyag yathāvidhi | yūyaṃ hi taptatapasaḥ sarve ca caritavratāḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「それを聞いたジャナメージャヤ王は、定められた規則に従い、しかるべき作法のもとに儀礼を正しく執り行った。汝ら一同もまた、試練を経た苦行者である。各々が誓戒に堅く、行いに規律を保っている。」

Word by Word

जनमेजयेनby Janamejaya

तत्that (account/statement)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

कृतम्done; performed

सम्यक्properly; correctly

यथाas; according to

विधिin the prescribed rule/rite; according to injunction

यूयम्you (all)

हिindeed; for

तप्त-तपसःof performed austerities; having practiced penance

सर्वेall

चand

चरित-व्रताःobserving vows; of practiced vows

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Janamejaya

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?

The verse affirms dharma as disciplined action: hearing sacred instruction should culminate in conduct that is ‘yathāvidhi’ (as prescribed), and spiritual authority is linked to tapas (austerity) and vrata (vow-observance).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma notes that Janamejaya, after hearing the account, carried out the prescribed rite correctly; he then acknowledges the audience as accomplished ascetics who maintain vows, reinforcing their fitness to receive and preserve the teaching.