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आटद्य: प्रकीर्तितो राजन् सर्वपापप्रमोचन: । राजन! यह आदियमें होनेवाले देवता और ऋषियोंका मुख्य समुदाय अपने नामका कीर्तन करनेपर मनुष्यको सब पापोंसे मुक्त करता है
āṭadyaḥ prakīrtito rājan sarvapāpapramocanaḥ |
भीष्म उवाच—राजन्, आटद्यः प्रकीर्तितः सर्वपापप्रमोचनः। आदियुगे सम्भूतानां देवानां ऋषीणां च मुख्यसमूहोऽपि तस्य नामकीर्तनात् सर्वपापैर्मुच्यते इति ब्रुवते।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.