Shloka 39

Adhyāya 39: Śiśupāla’s Censure and Bhīma’s Contained Wrath (शिशुपाल-निन्दा तथा भीमक्रोध-निग्रहः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि अर्घाभिहररणपर्वणि राजमन्त्रणे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi arghābhiharaṇaparvaṇi rājamantreṇa ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের সভাপর্বের অর্ঘাভিহরণ-পর্বে রাজমন্ত্রণা-প্রসঙ্গে ঊনচল্লিশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)

अर्घाभिहररणपर्वणिin the sub-section (parvan) on offering/bringing the argha (honorary offering)

राजमन्त्रणेin the royal consultation/council

एकोनचत्वारिंशःthirty-ninth (one less than forty)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabha Parva

Arghābhiharaṇa-parvan

Rāja-mantra

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 colophon frames the chapter’s ethical focus: in royal settings, honor (argha) and precedence are not mere ritual but tests of dharma and political judgment, requiring careful counsel (rāja-mantra) to uphold legitimacy and social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon. It announces that the narrative segment dealing with the presentation of ceremonial honor (argha) and the associated royal deliberation has concluded, marking the end of the thirty-ninth chapter of the Sabha Parva.