Shanti Parva Adhyaya 42 Shloka 41 - Mahabharata | Arabic | Vedapath

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Shloka 41

Adhyāya 42 (Śānti Parva): Śrāddha, Aurdhvadaihika Rites, and Royal Welfare Measures

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें भीमसेन आदिकी भिन्न-भिन्न कार्योनें नियुक्तिविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīmasenādikī bhinna-bhinna kāryeṣu niyuktiviṣayaka ekacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «راجادهَرما-أنوشاسانا» (التعليم في واجب الملك)—يُختَتَم الفصل الحادي والأربعون، المتعلّق بمبدأ تعيين بهيماسينا وغيرِه في أعمالهم المتنوّعة كلٌّ بحسبه. وتؤكّد الخاتمة مثالاً أخلاقياً للحكم: أن تُوزَّع الواجبات وفق المنزلة والقدرة وحاجة المملكة، لكي يُصان النظام وتُحفَظ الدارما عبر التولية الملائمة وتحمل المسؤولية.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section)

भीमसेनादीनाम्of Bhimasena and others

भिन्नभिन्नकार्येषुin various different tasks

नियुक्तिविषयकःconcerning appointment/assignment

एकचत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-first

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīmasena

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?

The chapter-colophon highlights a key principle of rāja-dharma: effective and ethical rule depends on assigning people to duties suited to their distinct roles and abilities, so that responsibility is properly distributed and dharma is maintained.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon spoken by Vaiśampāyana, marking the end of the forty-first chapter within the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion of the Śānti Parva, summarizing that it treated the topic of appointing Bhīmasena and others to different tasks.