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Shloka 27

Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि व्यासागमने सप्तविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi vyāsāgamane saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا» الجليلة، ضمن «بارفا الآشرمفاسيكا»—وخاصة القسم المتعلّق بحياة الاعتزال في الغابة (آشرما)—تنتهي الفصل السابع والعشرون، في شأن قدوم الحكيم فياسا. وهذه الصيغة الختامية تُثبت اكتمال وحدةٍ من السرد وتُشير إلى الانتقال إلى الجزء التالي من الخبر.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the parvan) called Āśramavāsika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

आश्रमवासपर्वणिin the Āśramavāsa-parvan

व्यासागमनेin (the episode of) Vyāsa's arrival

सप्तविंशःtwenty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—marking the completion of a chapter and framing the narrative within the larger ethical arc of āśrama-life and withdrawal after worldly conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes with a formal ending statement identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), and the chapter’s theme (Vyāsa’s arrival), indicating a transition to the next chapter.