Shloka 156

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

समीपं पाण्डुपुत्राणां व्यासस्यागमनं तथा । प्रतिस्मृत्याथ विद्याया दान राज्ञो महर्षिणा,महर्षि व्यास पाण्डवोंके पास आये और उन्होंने राजा युधिष्ठिरको प्रतिस्मृति नामक मन्त्रविद्याका उपदेश दिया

Transliteration

samīpaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ vyāsasyāgamanaṃ tathā | pratismṛtyātha vidyāyā dānaṃ rājño maharṣiṇā ||

Translation

महर्षि व्यास पांडुपुत्रांच्या समीप आले; आणि त्यांनी राजा युधिष्ठिराला ‘प्रतिस्मृती’ नावाची मंत्रविद्या प्रदान केली.

Word by Word

समीपम्near; to the vicinity

पाण्डु-पुत्राणाम्of the sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)

व्यासस्यof Vyāsa

आगमनम्coming; arrival

तथाand also; likewise

प्रतिस्मृत्यhaving remembered; recollecting

अथthen; thereafter

विद्यायाःof the knowledge; of the (mantra-)science

दानम्giving; bestowal; instruction (as a gift)

राज्ञःof the king (to the king)

महर्षिणाby the great sage

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pratismṛti-vidyā (mantra-knowledge)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That sacred knowledge (vidyā) may be imparted by a realized sage to stabilize a ruler’s mind and memory, so that the king can uphold dharma with clarity and self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa comes near the Pāṇḍavas, and the account recalls that he bestowed upon King Yudhiṣṭhira an instruction in a mantra-vidyā called Pratismṛti.