Svargarohana Parva Adhyaya 5 Shloka 47 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

श्रूयतां सिंहनादो5यमृषेस्तस्य महात्मन: । अष्टादशपुराणानां कर्तुर्वेदमहोदधे:

Transliteration

śrūyatāṃ siṃhanādo ’yam ṛṣes tasya mahātmanaḥ | aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ kartur vedamahodadheḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hãy lắng nghe lời tuyên cáo như tiếng sư tử rống của bậc đại thánh—Vyāsa—đấng đã trước tác mười tám bộ Purāṇa và là biển cả của tri thức Veda.”

Word by Word

श्रूयताम्let it be heard / please listen

सिंहनादःlion-roar (a loud proclamation)

अयम्this

ऋषेःof the sage

तस्यof that

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

अष्टादशपुराणानाम्of the eighteen Puranas

कर्तुःof the author/maker

वेदमहोदधेःof the great ocean of the Veda (i.e., vast in Vedic knowledge)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vyāsa

Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas (the eighteen Purāṇas)

Veda (as sacred knowledge)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse establishes Vyāsa’s scriptural authority and frames the Mahābhārata as a comprehensive dharma-text—so weighty that tradition treats it as equal in value to major bodies of sacred literature (Purāṇas, Dharmaśāstras, and the Vedas with auxiliaries).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana introduces a solemn, emphatic proclamation (“lion-roar”) attributed to Vyāsa, preparing the listener for a statement about the stature and sufficiency of the Mahābhārata within the sacred tradition.