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Shloka 45

कुरुवंशप्रश्नः—दुःषन्तस्य राजधर्मवर्णनम्

Kuru Lineage Inquiry and the Portrait of King Duḥṣanta’s Rule

नरेण धर्मकामेन सर्व: श्रोतव्य इत्यपि । निखिलेनेतिहासो5यं ततः सिद्धिमवाप्रुयात्‌,धर्मकी इच्छा रखनेवाले मनुष्यके द्वारा यह सारा महाभारत इतिहास पूर्णरूपसे श्रवण करनेयोग्य है। ऐसा करनेसे मनुष्य सिद्धिको प्राप्त कर लेता है

vaiśampāyana uvāca | nareṇa dharmakāmena sarvaḥ śrotavya ity api | nikhilenetihāso 'yaṃ tataḥ siddhim avāpnuyāt ||

ధర్మాన్ని కోరుకునే మనిషి ఈ సమగ్ర ఇతిహాసాన్ని—ఈ సంపూర్ణ మహాభారతాన్ని—పూర్తిగా శ్రవణం చేయవలెను; సంపూర్ణంగా విన్నచో అతడు సిద్ధిని పొందును.

नरेणby a man
नरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
धर्मकामेनdesirous of dharma
धर्मकामेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मकाम
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सर्वःthe whole (text)
सर्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रोतव्यःto be listened to / should be heard
श्रोतव्यः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
निखिलेनcompletely / in entirety
निखिलेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिखिल
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
इतिहासःthe epic history
इतिहासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthereupon / from that (act)
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सिद्धिम्success / attainment
सिद्धिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अवाप्नुयात्would attain / should obtain
अवाप्नुयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअवाप्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
Mahābhārata (Itihāsa)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that a person who seeks dharma should listen to the Mahābhārata in its entirety; complete and attentive hearing of the epic is presented as a means to attain siddhi—ethical and spiritual accomplishment.

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of narrating the Mahābhārata, states a phalaśruti-like assurance: the epic is not merely a story but a dharma-teaching itihāsa, and hearing it fully yields a transformative result for the listener.