महाभारत · 1.108.1
॥
देवनागरी
जनमेजय उवाच
ज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठतां तेषां नामधेयानि चाभिभो ॥
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणाम् आनुपूर्व्येण कीर्तय ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
janamejaya uvāca
jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nāmadheyāni cābhibho ||
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇām ānupūrvyeṇa kīrtaya ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
ज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठतां तेषां नामधेयानि च अभिभोjyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nāmadheyāni ca abhibhotheir seniority and juniority, and the names, o lord
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणाम् आनुपूर्व्येण कीर्तयdhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇām ānupūrvyeṇa kīrtayathe sons of Dhritarashtra recount in order
जनमेजयjanamejayaoriginal form "janamejaya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाभिभोcābhibhooriginal form "cābhibho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Janamejaya said: ‘Recount in order their seniority and juniority, and the names of Dhritarashtra's sons, o lord.’
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Janamejaya asks that the names of the hundred sons be recounted in order. The very wish to preserve the names is telling: in the Vedic tradition a name is not an empty sound but a folded destiny and the memory of a lineage. In this lies reverence for continuity: even the names of those fated to perish are carefully preserved by tradition, for every soul in the lineage matters. Thus scripture prepares a solemn roster in which, as we shall see, the very names already carry a foreshadowing of the fate of those who bore them.