Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 146 Shloka 24 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Shloka 24

Rudra-Śiva: Names, Two Natures, and the Logic of Epithets (रुद्रनाम-बहुरूपत्व-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच ततो मुनिगण: सर्वस्तां देवीं प्रत्यपूजयत्‌ । वाम्भिक्रग्भूषितार्थाभि: स्तवैश्वार्थविशारदै:

Translation

नारद उवाच—ततो मुनिगणः सर्वस्तां देवीं प्रत्यपूजयत् । वाग्भिर्ऋग्भूषितार्थाभिः स्तवैश्चार्थविशारदैः ॥

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

मुनि-गणःthe group of sages

सर्वःentire/all

ताम्her

देवीम्the goddess

प्रत्यपूजयत्honoured/worshipped (in return)

ऋक्-भिःwith Rigvedic verses

मन्त्र-अर्थैःwith the meanings of mantras

सु-शोभितwell-adorned/beautifully embellished

वाग्भिःwith words/speech

तथाand also

उत्तम-अर्थ-युक्तैःwith (hymns) endowed with excellent meaning

स्तोत्रैःwith hymns/praises

अर्थ-विशारदैःby/with (those) skilled in meaning (i.e., meaningful/learned)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes