Shloka 37

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मन्‌! सत्यवादी मुनि व्यासजीके द्वारा निर्मित यह पुण्यमय इतिहास परम पवित्र एवं बहुत उत्तम है ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | brahman! satyavādī muni-vyāsajī-kṛta eṣa puṇyamaya itihāsaḥ parama-pavitraḥ ca atyanta-uttamaḥ || sarvajñena vidhijñena dharmajñānavatā satā | atīndriyeṇa śucinā tapasā bhāvitātmanā || sāṅkhya-yoga-viduṣā ca bahu-śāstra-viśāradena munivareṇa vyāsena divya-dṛṣṭyā vilokya mahātmā-pāṇḍavānām anyeṣāṃ ca bahu-dhana-sampannānāṃ mahā-tejasvināṃ rājñāṃ kīrti-prasāraṇāya ayam itihāsaḥ racitaḥ |

Translation

ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ! ସତ୍ୟବାଦୀ ମୁନି ବ୍ୟାସଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ନିର୍ମିତ ଏହି ପୁଣ୍ୟମୟ ଇତିହାସ ପରମ ପବିତ୍ର ଓ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଉତ୍ତମ। ସର୍ବଜ୍ଞ, ବିଧି-ବିଧାନଜ୍ଞ, ଧର୍ମଜ୍ଞ, ସତ୍ପୁରୁଷ—ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟାତୀତ ଜ୍ଞାନସମ୍ପନ୍ନ, ଶୁଚି, ତପୋବଳରେ ପରିଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଅନ୍ତଃକରଣବାନ—ଏମିତି ମୁନିବର ବ୍ୟାସ ଦିବ୍ୟଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ସବୁ ଦେଖି, ମହାତ୍ମ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟ ଧନସମୃଦ୍ଧ, ତେଜସ୍ୱୀ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କ କୀର୍ତ୍ତି ପ୍ରସାର ପାଇଁ ଏହି ଇତିହାସ ରଚନା କରିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञेन: by the omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विधिज्ञेन: by the knower of (rites/ordinances)
• विधिज्ञेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधिज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मज्ञानवता: by one possessing knowledge of dharma
• धर्मज्ञानवता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञानवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सता: by the virtuous (good) one
• सता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अतीन्द्रियेण: by one beyond the senses
• अतीन्द्रियेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शुचिना: by the pure one
• शुचिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भावितात्मना: by one whose self is purified/imbued (by austerity)
• भावितात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa
• Pāṇḍavas
• Brahmin (addressee)
• Sāṅkhya
• Yoga
• Śāstras
• Divya-dṛṣṭi (divine vision)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the Mahābhārata as a sanctifying moral history authored by a truth-committed, disciplined, and learned sage. Ethical authority is grounded in dharma-knowledge, purity, and tapas, suggesting that right understanding and right conduct arise from inner refinement and scriptural discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana praises Vyāsa and explains why the epic was composed: Vyāsa, endowed with divine vision and mastery of many disciplines, created this itihāsa to preserve and spread the renown of the Pāṇḍavas and other powerful kings, presenting their deeds within a dharmic framework.