Shloka 2

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरो महाप्राज्ञो मम पूर्वपितामह: । धर्माणामागमं श्रुत्वा विदित्वा सर्वसंशयान्‌

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiro mahāprājño mama pūrvapitāmahaḥ | dharmāṇām āgamaṃ śrutvā viditvā sarvasaṃśayān |

Translation

जनमेजय उवाच—युधिष्ठिरो महाप्राज्ञो मम पूर्वपितामहः, धर्माणामागमं श्रुत्वा विदित्वा सर्वसंशयान्…

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

महाप्राज्ञःvery wise

ममof me / my

पूर्व-पितामहःformer grandfather / ancestor-grandfather

धर्माणाम्of dharmas / of duties

आगमम्tradition; authoritative teaching

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

विदित्वाhaving known; having ascertained

सर्व-संशयान्all doubts

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dharma (as teaching/principle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as something to be approached through authoritative instruction (āgama) and careful understanding that dispels doubt; ethical clarity arises from listening, reflection, and certainty about right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya, speaking to the narrator, introduces Yudhiṣṭhira as his eminent ancestor and frames him as one who has heard a comprehensive teaching on dharma and thereby resolved all uncertainties—setting up what Yudhiṣṭhira did or asked next.