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:

Transliteration

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

Translation

ତାହା ଶୁଣି ଜନମେଜୟ ନିୟମାନୁସାରେ ଯଥାବିଧି ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଭାବେ କର୍ମ ସମ୍ପାଦନ କଲେ। ତୁମେ ସମସ୍ତେ ତପସ୍ୟାରେ ପକ୍କ ତପସ୍ବୀ ଏବଂ ବ୍ରତାଚରଣରେ ଦୃଢ଼।

Word by Word

• जनमेजयेन: by Janamejaya
• जनमेजयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्: that (account/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• कृतम्: done; performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly; correctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

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

• विधि: in the prescribed rule/rite; according to injunction
• विधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Second, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तप्त-तपसः: of performed austerities; having practiced penance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्ततपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चरित-व्रताः: observing vows; of practiced vows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चरितव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Janamejaya

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.