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Shloka 34

अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः

Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि जनमेजयं प्रति वैशम्पायनवाक्ये चतुस्त्रिंशो&ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi janamejayaṃ prati vaiśampāyanavākye catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «أشرمڤاسيكا پرفا»—وخاصة في القسم المسمّى «رؤية الأبناء»—في رواية فايشَمبايانا الموجّهة إلى الملك جاناميچايا، تنتهي هنا الفصل الرابع والثلاثون.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the parvan) called Āśramavāsika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणिin the sub-section called 'Son-vision' (Putradarśana-parvan)

जनमेजयम्Janamejaya (as the one addressed)

प्रतिtowards; to (addressed to)

वैशम्पायनवाक्येin the words/speech of Vaiśampāyana

चतुस्त्रिंशःthirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Putradaśana-parvan (Putradaśanaparvan)

Janamejaya

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes the disciplined transmission of sacred history—who speaks (Vaiśampāyana), who listens (Janamejaya), and where the episode belongs (Āśramavāsika; Putradaśana). Ethically, it underlines accountability in narration and the continuity of memory across generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not a plot event but a formal closure marker: it signals the end of a chapter within the Āśramavāsika Parva, in the Putradaśana episode, within Vaiśampāyana’s narration to King Janamejaya.