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Mahābhārata • Parva 1 (Ādiparva) • Adhyāya 2

Ādiparva Adhyāya 2

आदिपर्व • अध्यायः 2

Ādiparva Adhyāya 2 of the classical Mahābhārata with 244 verses.

Total: 244 Verses • Citations: MBh 1.2.1–244 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 9 of 9 (Verses 4 shown)
अनाश्रित्यैतदाख्यानं कथा भुवि न विद्यते । आहारमनपाश्रित्य शरीरस्येव धारणम् ॥
English Translation
As the body depends on the food is takes, so all the stories current in the world depend on this work.
इदं सर्वैः कविवरैराख्यानमुपजीव्यते । उदयप्रेप्सुभिर्भृत्यैरभिजात इवेश्वरः ॥
English Translation
As servants, wishing to have elevation, always depend on their noble masters, so do all poets depend on this Bharata.
द्वैपायनौष्ठपुटनिःसृतमप्रमेयं; पुण्यं पवित्रमथ पापहरं शिवं च । यो भारतं समधिगच्छति वाच्यमानं; किं तस्य पुष्करजलैरभिषेचनेन ॥
English Translation
The Bharata, uttered from the lips of Dvaipayana is matchless, it is sacred, it is virtue itself. It destroys sins and produces good. What is the necessity for him, who hears it when it is being recited, to bathe in the sacred Pushkara!
आख्यानं तदिदमनुत्तमं महार्थं; विन्यस्तं महदिह पर्वसंग्रहेण । श्रुत्वादौ भवति नृणां सुखावगाहं; विस्तीर्णं लवणजलं यथा प्लवेन ॥
English Translation
As the wide ocean can be easily crossed by men having boats, so this extensive history of great excellence and deep meaning can be understood by the help of this chapter, which is called Parva-Sangraha.
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