Shloka 36

उत्तरो भयविषण्णः — बृहन्नडेन धैर्योपदेशः

Uttara’s Panic and Bṛhannadā’s Stabilizing Counsel

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि उत्तरगोग्रहे बृहन्नलासारथ्यकथने षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi uttaragograhe bṛhannalāsārathyakathane ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفقرة السادسة والثلاثون من «فيراطا بارفا» في «شري مهابهارتا»، ضمن حلقة غارةِ الماشية: خبرُ محاولةِ أُتَّرَا استرجاعَ الأبقار، وروايةُ كيف خدمَ بْرِهَنَّلَا (Bṛhannalā) سائسًا لعربته. وهذا الخاتمةُ تُعلِمُ بانتقالٍ في مجرى القصة.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विराटपर्वणि: in the Virāṭa-parvan
• विराटपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोहरणपर्वणि: in the Cow-seizure sub-parvan
• गोहरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोहरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्तरगोग्रहे: in (the section called) Uttara’s cow-capture
• उत्तरगोग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरगोग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बृहन्नलासारथ्यकथने: in the narration of Bṛhannalā’s charioteership
• बृहन्नलासारथ्यकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन्नलासारथ्यकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्त्रिंशः: thirty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Goharaṇa Parva (cattle-raid episode)
• Uttara
• Bṛhannalā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when force is involved, dharma is upheld through disciplined action: rightful protection and recovery (of the cattle) is framed not as mere aggression but as duty carried out with skill, restraint, and proper guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon concluding the chapter that belongs to the cattle-raid episode in Virāṭa Parva, specifically the account of Uttara’s cattle-recovery and the narration of Bṛhannalā serving as his charioteer.