Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

कीर्ति प्रथणता लोके पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | अन्‍्येषां क्षत्रियाणां च भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम्‌

Transliteration

kīrti-prathanatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūri-draviṇa-tejasām | sarvajñaḥ vidhi-vidhānake jñātā dharmajñaḥ sādhuḥ indriyātīta-jñāna-sampannaḥ śuddhaḥ tapaḥ-prabhāvena pavitrāntaḥkaraṇavān aiśvarya-sampannaḥ sāṅkhya-yoga-vidvān tathā aneka-śāstra-pāradarśī munivaraḥ vyāsaḥ divya-dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭvā mahātmā-pāṇḍavān anyāṃś ca pracura-dhana-sampannān mahātejasvinaḥ rājñaḥ kīrti-prasāraṇāya asya itihāsasya racanāṃ cakāra

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Upang ang katanyagan ng mga Pāṇḍava na dakila ang diwa—at ng iba pang mga haring kṣatriya, sagana sa yaman at nagliliwanag sa tapang—ay lumaganap sa buong daigdig, si Vyāsa, ang ganap na nakaaalam, bihasa sa mga kautusan ng banal na batas at wastong asal, nakaaalam ng dharma at tunay na banal, may kaalamang lampas sa mga pandama, dalisay, ang kalooban ay nilinis ng lakas ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay, taglay ang kapangyarihang espirituwal, dalubhasa sa Sāṅkhya at Yoga, at bihasa sa maraming śāstra, ay tumingin sa lahat sa pamamagitan ng banal na paningin at binuo ang Itihāsa na ito.”

Word by Word

• कीर्तिः: fame, renown
• कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रथणता: spreading, expansion
• प्रथणता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रथणता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of kṣatriyas, warriors
• क्षत्रियाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भूरि-द्रविण-तेजसाम्: of those having abundant wealth and splendor
• भूरि-द्रविण-तेजसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि-द्रविण-तेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vyāsa
• Pāṇḍavas
• kṣatriya kings (other rulers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the Mahābhārata as an itihāsa composed to preserve and spread exemplary fame rooted in dharma: noble conduct, rightful kingship, and the ethical weight of actions are made memorable through narrative, guided by Vyāsa’s purified insight and śāstric mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana explains why the epic was composed: Vyāsa, endowed with divine sight and spiritual authority, created this history so that the renown of the Pāṇḍavas and other powerful kings would be known widely in the world.