Shloka 91

Devanagari script

भारतं सर्वशास्त्राणामुत्तमं भरतर्षभ | भारतात्‌ प्राप्यते मोक्षस्तत्त्वमेतद्‌ ब्रवीमि तत्‌

Transliteration

bhārataṃ sarvaśāstrāṇām uttamaṃ bharatarṣabha | bhāratāt prāpyate mokṣas tattvam etad bravīmi te ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے بھرتوں میں برتر! تمام شاستروں میں مہابھارت سب سے افضل ہے۔ بھارت سے موکش (نجات) حاصل ہوتی ہے—یہ حقیقت میں تم سے کہتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• {'bhārataṃ': 'the Bhārata

• the Mahābhārata epic', 'sarvaśāstrāṇām': 'of all śāstras

• of all authoritative teachings/treatises', 'uttamam': 'supreme, best, highest', 'bharatarṣabha': 'O bull of the Bharata line

• an honorific address to a foremost descendant of Bharata', 'bhāratāt': 'from the Bhārata

• by means of the Mahābhārata', 'prāpyate': 'is attained, is obtained', 'mokṣaḥ': 'liberation, release (from saṃsāra)', 'tattvam': 'truth, essential principle, reality', 'etat': 'this', 'bravīmi': 'I say, I declare', 'te': 'to you'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Mahābhārata (Bhārata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts the Mahābhārata’s status as the highest among śāstras and presents engagement with the Bhārata as a means to mokṣa, emphasizing that its narrative is also a vehicle of ultimate truth (tattva) and spiritual release.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Svargārohaṇa context, Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses his listener with an honorific and offers a concluding-type commendation of the epic itself, framing the Mahābhārata not merely as history but as authoritative instruction capable of leading to liberation.