Shloka 47

सर्पसत्रे ऋत्विजः सदस्याश्च — Officiants and Assembly at Janamejaya’s Serpent-Sacrifice

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपर्वमें जरत्कारुका तपस्याके लिये निष्क्रणविषयक सैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata ādiparva-ke antargata āstīkaparva-meṁ jaratkāru-kā tapasya-ke liye niṣkṛaṇa-viṣayaka saintālīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل السابع والأربعون من قسم آستِيكا ضمن الآدي پَرْوَة من «شري مهابهارتا»، في شأن خروج جَرَتْكارو ليمارس التَّبَسْيا (الرياضات والزُّهد). وتُؤطِّر هذه الخاتمةُ الحدثَ بوصفه انتقالًا من علائق الدنيا إلى انضباط السالك الزاهد، مُبرِزةً التوتر الأخلاقي بين الزهد الشخصي والواجبات التي تظلّ موثوقةً بسلسلة النَّسَب وبالعواقب.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री-महाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आदि-पर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदि-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आस्तीक-पर्वणि: in the Astika Parva
• आस्तीक-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जरत्कारुकायाः: of Jaratkaru (Jaratkaru’s)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरत्कारुका
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• तपस्यायै: for austerity; for penance
• तपस्यायै: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्या
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• निष्क्रमण-विषयकः: concerning departure/setting out
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्क्रमणविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

तक्षक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीमहाभारत (Mahābhārata)
• आदिपर्व (Ādi Parva)
• आस्तीकपर्व (Āstīka Parva)
• जरत्कारु (Jaratkāru)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon emphasizes a key Mahābhārata concern: the ethical balance between renunciation (tapas) and the lingering claims of duty and consequence. Even when a sage turns toward austerity, the narrative context reminds the reader that personal spiritual aims intersect with obligations tied to family, lineage, and the wider moral order (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding notice (colophon) stating that the chapter has ended. It identifies the work (Śrī Mahābhārata), the larger parva (Ādi Parva), the sub-section (Āstīka Parva), and the chapter’s topic: Jaratkāru’s departure in connection with undertaking austerities.