महाभारत · 1.1.8–9
॥
देवनागरी
जनमेजयस्य राजर्षेः सर्पसत्रे महात्मनः ।
समीपे पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य सम्यक् पारिक्षितस्य च ॥
कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रोक्ताः सुपुण्या विविधाः कथाः ।
कथिताश् चापि विधिवद् या वैशंपायनेन वै ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
janamejayasya rājarṣeḥ sarpasatre mahātmanaḥ |
samīpe pārthivendrasya samyak pārikṣitasya ca ||
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaproktāḥ supuṇyā vividhāḥ kathāḥ |
kathitāś cāpi vidhivad yā vaiśaṃpāyanena vai ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
जनमेजयस्यjanamejayasyaof Janamejaya (the king)
राजर्षेःrāja-ṛṣeḥof the royal sage (rajarshi)
सर्पसत्रेsarpa-satreat the snake sacrifice (sarpa-satra)
महात्मनःmahā-ātmanaḥgreat-souled; of great soul
समीपेsamīpenear; in the presence of; beside
पार्थिवेन्द्रस्यpārthiva-indrasyalord of kings; ruler of the earth
सम्यक्samyakduly; properly; in full
पारिक्षितस्यpārikṣitasyathe son of Parikshit
चcaand
कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रोक्ताःkṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana-proktāḥtold by Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
सुपुण्याःsu-puṇyāḥmost auspicious; holy; purifying
विविधाःvividhāḥvaried; manifold
कथाःkathāḥnarratives; tales
कथिताःkathitāḥnarrated; recounted
चcaand
अपिapialso; even
विधिवत्vidhivatas prescribed; according to the rules; in accordance with proper procedure
याःyāḥwhich
वैशंपायनेनvaiśaṃpāyanenaby Vaishampayana
वैvaiindeed; verily
राजर्षेःrājarṣeḥoriginal form "rājarṣeḥ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सर्पसत्रेsarpasatreoriginal form "sarpasatre", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
महात्मनःmahātmanaḥoriginal form "mahātmanaḥ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पार्थिवेन्द्रस्यpārthivendrasyaoriginal form "pārthivendrasya", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रोक्ताःkṛṣṇadvaipāyanaproktāḥoriginal form "kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaproktāḥ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सुपुण्याsupuṇyāoriginal form "supuṇyā", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
कथिताश्kathitāśoriginal form "kathitāś", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
विधिवद्vidhivadoriginal form "vidhivad", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
याyāoriginal form "yā", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अनुवाद
"At the snake sacrifice of Janamejaya — the great-souled royal sage, lord of kings, son of Parikshit — in his presence there resounded the varied, most auspicious narratives told by Krishna-Dvaipayana and duly recounted by Vaishampayana."
संस्करण
20d0a3b471f3 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 2:16:08 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The Sauti names the source of his narrations, and this reveals their authenticity. They were "told by Krishna-Dvaipayana" — Vyasa, who in the tradition is revered as the literary incarnation of the Lord Himself (shaktyavesha-avatara), the compiler of the Vedas and Puranas. Vyasa's words are called "most auspicious" (supunya): to hear them purifies the heart — this is shravana, the foundation of bhakti. It is further said that Vaishampayana recounted them "as prescribed" (vidhivat) — that is, according to the rules, in the spiritual succession from his guru Vyasa. Here an essential principle is manifest: sacred knowledge descends undistorted only through guru-parampara, from teacher to disciple. The trustworthiness of the narration lies not in personal invention but in fidelity to the chain of teachers. It is also notable that the listener of these words was Janamejaya, son of Parikshit — that very king who heard the Shrimad-Bhagavatam from the lips of Shukadeva: this entire tradition is pervaded by the hearing of accounts about the Supreme.