Shloka 35

Āśramamaṇḍala-darśana and Ṛṣi-samāgama

Observation of the Hermitage Precinct and the Assembly of Sages

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि जनमेजयस्य स्वपितृदर्शने पज्चत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi janamejayasya svapitṛdarśane pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا انتهى الفصل الخامس والثلاثون من «شري مهابهاراتا» في «آشرمَفاسيكا بارفا»—ضمن القسم المسمّى «بوتردارشنا» (رؤية الأبناء)—الذي يصف رؤية الملك جنميجايا لأسلافه هو نفسه. ويؤطّر هذا الكولوفون السرد بوصفه تذكّرًا مقدّسًا، مؤكّدًا استمرارية السلالة، وتوقير الأجداد، والثقل الأخلاقي لاستحضار الجذور بعد خراب الحرب.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the) Ashramavasika (parva)
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: in the 'Son-vision' sub-parva
• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रदर्शनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जनमेजयस्य: of Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्व: one's own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पितृदर्शने: in (the episode of) seeing (his) father
• पितृदर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चत्रिंशः: thirty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Āstīka
• Janamejaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Putradarśana-parvan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the ethical importance of remembering and honoring one’s lineage: after great upheaval, dharma is sustained through reverence for ancestors, truthful transmission of history, and awareness of continuity between generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of a chapter in the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifying that the chapter concerned Janamejaya’s vision of his forefathers within the ‘Vision of the Sons’ sub-section.