Mahabharata Namaskar
पाराशर्य सरोजममलं गीतार्थगन्धोत्क्टं
नानाख्यानककेसरं हरिकथासम्बोधनाबोधितम् ।
लोके सज्जनषट् पदैरहरहः पेपीयमानं मुदा
भूयाद्भारतपङ्कजं कलिमलप्रध्वंसिनः श्रेयसे ॥७॥
Parasarya vachah sarojam amalam gitartha gandhotkatam
Nanakhyanaka kesaram hari katha sambhodhana bothitham /
Loke sajjana satpadair aharahah pepiyamanam muda
Bhuyad bharata pankajam kalimala pradhvamsinah sreyase // 7 ii
Parasarya vacha sarojam - born in the lake of the words of the son of Parasara (Vyasa)
amalam - spotless, gita artha gandha utkatam - sweet with the fragrance of
the meaning of Gita, nana akhyanakakesaram - with many stories as its stamens,
harikatha sambodhana bodhitam - fully opened by the discources on Hari,
loke - in the world, satjana satpadaih - by the bees of good men, ahah,
ahah - day by day, pepiyamanam - drunk, muda - joyously, bhuyat -
may be, bharatapankajam - the lotus of the Mahabharata, kalimala pradhvamsinah
- of the destroyer of the dirt of Kali ( to us ) sreyase - for the supreme
Good.
May the taintless lotus of the Mahabharata growing on the waters of the words of Parasara
(Vyasa), sweet with the fragrance of the meaning of Gita, with many a narrative as its
stamens, fully opened (blossomed) by the discourses on Hari, the destroyer of the sins of
Kali; and drank joyously day after day by the Bhramara (a kind of beetle like insect
which lives solely on honey), of good and pure men in the world, become the bestower of
good to us.
In this Dhyana Sloka, Mahabharatam is compared to a big Lotus - bharata pankajam (It
is a metaphor - or figure of speech - here rupaka almkara.) parasarya vacha sarojam
- growing in the words of the son of Parasara (Vyasa) Amalam - pure. Lotus is
always pure. Mahabharata is also pure devoid of grammar mistake and deficiency in the
meaning - Sabdha and Artha dhoshas. Gitartha gandha - the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita is
like the sweet fragrance; uthgadam, - prominent .nanakhyanaka - many stories
kesaram -filaments (stamens) hanging as in a flower; the stories of Lord Krishna
expanded. Different people get different ananda from the Mahabharata stories. It is
a Dharma Sastram; It gives the highest Vedantic teaching. If you go deep into it you can
drink the Jnanam honey; aharahah - day by day; muda - joyously;
pepiyamanam -drunk; kalimala pradhvamsinah - destroyer of the dirt of Kali;
sreyase - for the supreme good.