Mahabharata 9.47.1 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 47, Shloka 1

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

/ (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका ई श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १०८३ श्लोक हैं।) सप्तचत्वारिशो< ध्याय: वरुणका अभिषेक तथा अन्नितीर्थ

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca: atyadbhutam idaṁ brahman śrutavān asmi tattvataḥ | abhiṣekaṁ kumārasya vistareṇa yathāvidhi ||

Translation

ജനമേജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ബ്രാഹ്മണനേ! കുമാരന്റെ യഥാവിധി അഭിഷേകത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഈ അത്യദ്ഭുതമായ വൃത്താന്തം ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ മുഖത്തിൽ നിന്ന് തത്ത്വതഃ, വിശദമായി, വിധിപൂർവം യഥാർത്ഥമായി കേട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्यद्भुतम्: most wonderful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्यद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रुतवान्: having heard / I have heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्त्वतः: truly / in accordance with reality
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व

• अभिषेकम्: consecration (anointing)
• अभिषेकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुमारस्य: of the prince / of Kumāra
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail / with elaboration
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: as / according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule / prescribed procedure
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Brahman (addressed sage/priest)
• Kumāra (the prince; consecrated person)
• Abhiṣeka (consecration rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores reverence for prescribed order (vidhi) and truthful transmission (tattvataḥ): sacred and royal acts gain legitimacy when performed and narrated according to established dharma and ritual norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya, listening to the sage’s narration, acknowledges that he has heard a detailed and accurate account of a prince’s consecration ceremony, setting up further questions or continuation of the episode.