Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शृणु मन्त्रविधिं कृत्स्नं प्रोच्यमानं मयानघ । य॑ श्रुत्वा पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

śṛṇu mantravidhim kṛtsnaṃ procyamānaṃ mayānagha | yaḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi người vô tội, hỡi bậc ưu tú nhất trong dòng Pāṇḍava, hãy nghe ta trình bày trọn vẹn nghi thức của thần chú này. Ai được nghe, sẽ được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi.”

Word by Word

• शृणु: hear; listen
• शृणु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रविधिम्: the procedure/rite of the mantra
• मन्त्रविधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कृत्स्नम्: entire; complete
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रोच्यमानम्: being spoken/taught
• प्रोच्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: present passive participle (शानच्), masculine, accusative, singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-न्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि, true

• पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed; is released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (present), 3, singular, आत्मनेपद (passive sense)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma emphasizes the purifying power of sacred instruction: learning (and even hearing) the complete, properly transmitted mantra-procedure is presented as a means to remove sin and restore moral-spiritual clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira. Here he introduces a forthcoming exposition of a mantra and its full method, assuring the listener of its sin-destroying merit.