Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 473

Devanagari script

आटद्य: प्रकीर्तितो राजन्‌ सर्वपापप्रमोचन: । राजन! यह आदियमें होनेवाले देवता और ऋषियोंका मुख्य समुदाय अपने नामका कीर्तन करनेपर मनुष्यको सब पापोंसे मुक्त करता है

Transliteration

āṭadyaḥ prakīrtito rājan sarvapāpapramocanaḥ |

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «အို မင်းကြီး၊ အာဋဒျ (Āṭadya) ကို အပြစ်အားလုံးကို ဖယ်ရှားပေးသူဟု ကြေညာထားသည်။ သူ၏ နာမကို ရွတ်ဆိုကာ ကီရ္တန ပြုလျှင် လူသည် အပြစ်အကုန်လုံးမှ လွတ်မြောက်၏—ဤသို့ ပထမယုဂ်၌ ပေါ်ထွန်းသော နတ်တို့နှင့် ရှိတော်တို့၏ အထွတ်အမြတ် အစုအဝေးများက ဆိုကြသည်»။

Word by Word

• आटद्यः: Āṭadya (a name/epithet)
• आटद्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आटद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed/celebrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वपापप्रमोचनः: the remover of all sins
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमोचन (प्रातिपदिक) with सर्वपाप- (पूर्वपद)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'rājan')
• Āṭadya
• Devas
• Ṛṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that sincere kīrtana (reverent chanting) of a sanctifying divine name—here Āṭadya—functions as a powerful means of moral purification, capable of releasing a person from accumulated pāpa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the king on dharma and expiatory means. Here he cites a traditional proclamation—attributed to the leading gatherings of gods and sages—that chanting Āṭadya’s name frees one from sins.