Shloka 2

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरो महाप्राज्ञो मम पूर्वपितामह: । धर्माणामागमं श्रुत्वा विदित्वा सर्वसंशयान्‌

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiro mahāprājño mama pūrvapitāmahaḥ | dharmāṇām āgamaṃ śrutvā viditvā sarvasaṃśayān |

Translation

جنمیجَے نے کہا—یُدھِشٹھِر، جو نہایت دانا اور میرا پیش رو بزرگ تھا، دھرم کی معتبر تشریح سن کر اور اسے جان کر اپنے تمام شکوک دور کر چکا تھا…

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञः: very wise
• महाप्राज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पूर्व-पितामहः: former grandfather / ancestor-grandfather
• पूर्व-पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्माणाम्: of dharmas / of duties
• धर्माणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आगमम्: tradition; authoritative teaching
• आगमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), —

• विदित्वा: having known; having ascertained
• विदित्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), —

• सर्व-संशयान्: all doubts
• सर्व-संशयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसंशय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dharma (as teaching/principle)

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.