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Shloka 28

नारदेन धृतराष्ट्रगतिवर्णनम् | Nārada’s Account of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Future Course

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि व्यासवाक्ये अष्टाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi vyāsavākye aṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Āśramavāsika Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über das Leben in der Waldklause—das achtundzwanzigste Kapitel, dargeboten als Rede Vyāsas. Dieses Schlusskolophon kennzeichnet die Vollendung des Kapitels und verortet die Erzählung im ethischen Rahmen von Entsagung, Selbstzucht und dem Übergang vom Königsleben zur asketischen Disziplin.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्रमवासिकेin the Ashramavasika (section)

पर्वणिin the book/Parva

आश्रमवासपर्वणिin the Ashramavasa-parvan

व्यासवाक्येin Vyasa's utterance/words

अष्टाविंशःtwenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to frame the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical arc—moving from worldly power toward the discipline of the forest-āśrama, where dharma is pursued through restraint, detachment, and reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement in the Āśramavāsika Parva and noting that the chapter is presented as part of Vyāsa’s discourse.