Mahābhārata · 2.23.11
॥
Devanāgarī
जनमेजय उवाच
दिशाम् अभिजयं ब्रह्मन् विस्तरेणानुकीर्तय ॥
न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश् चरितं महत् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
janamejaya uvāca
diśām abhijayaṃ brahman vistareṇānukīrtaya ||
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
दिशाम् अभिजयं ब्रह्मन्diśām abhijayaṃ brahman"the conquest of the quarters, O brahmin,
विस्तरेण अनुकीर्तयvistareṇa anukīrtayarecount in full detail;
न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषांna hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃfor I am not sated with my ancestors',
शृण्वानश् चरितं महत्śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahathearing of their great deeds."
जनमेजयjanamejayaoriginal form "janamejaya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विस्तरेणानुकीर्तयvistareṇānukīrtayaoriginal form "vistareṇānukīrtaya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
[Janamejaya said:] "The conquest of the directions, O brahmin, recount in full detail; for I am never sated, hearing of the great deeds of my ancestors."
Versión
a6a070f49867 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:28:50 UTC
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The listener's insatiability for the deeds of his ancestors is no idle curiosity but the soul's hunger for what is worthy. It is notable that the recounting of the righteous produces not satiety but a growing thirst: that which is truly great never grows stale. The verse teaches that remembrance of glorious deeds purifies and elevates the listener; and one who is never sated hearing of righteousness is already, in heart, a partaker of it — for the food we desire is the food toward which our true nature draws us.