Shloka 54

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

Devanagari script

नित्यसिद्ध मोक्षस्वरूप भगवान्‌ कृष्णद्वैपायनने धर्मकी कामनासे इस महाभारतसंदर्भकी रचना की है ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

ṣaṣṭiṁ śata-sahasrāṇi cakārānyāṁ sa saṁhitām |

triṁśac-chata-sahasrāṇi deva-loke pratiṣṭhitam |

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ନିତ୍ୟସିଦ୍ଧ ମୋକ୍ଷସ୍ୱରୂପ ଭଗବାନ କୃଷ୍ଣଦ୍ୱୈପାୟନ ଧର୍ମକାମନାରେ ଏହି ମହାଭାରତ-ସନ୍ଦର୍ଭ ରଚନା କଲେ। ସେ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଷାଠି ଲକ୍ଷ ଶ୍ଲୋକର ଏକ ସଂହିତା କଲେ; ତାହାରୁ ତିରିଶ ଲକ୍ଷ ଶ୍ଲୋକ ଦେବଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शतसहस्राणि: hundreds of thousands (i.e., 100,000-units)
• शतसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• चकार: made/composed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha/Periphrastic perfect usage in epic style), Third, Singular

• अन्याम्: another
• अन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संहिताम्: compilation/collection (text)
• संहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• त्रिंशत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शतसहस्राणि: hundreds of thousands
• शतसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• देवलोके: in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established/placed (in circulation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्र + स्था)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Mahābhārata
• Devaloka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s sacred authority and vastness, portraying it as a Dharma-centered work transmitted across multiple cosmic realms, with a human-accessible recension distilled for this world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes how Vyāsa composed the Mahābhārata in different large recensions and how these versions became established in various realms, including a version circulating among the gods.