Shloka 31

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि गड़ातीरगमने एकत्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi gaḍātīragamane ekatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Āśramavāsika-Parvan—insbesondere im Abschnitt «Schau der Söhne»—in der Begebenheit vom Gang an das Ufer der Gaḍā das einunddreißigste Kapitel. Dieses abschließende Kolophon rahmt die Erzählung als heiligen Bericht und kündigt einen Übergang an: Der Text betont Erinnerung, Versöhnung und das sittliche Gewicht der Verwandtschaft selbst nach den Verwüstungen des Krieges.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the) Āśramavāsika (parvan)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणिin the 'Son-Seeing' sub-parvan

गडातीरगमनेin (the episode of) going to the bank of the Gaḍā (river)

एकत्रिंशःthirty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Putradharśana Parva

Gaḍā (river/place)

tīra (riverbank)

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding events as sacred history and highlights the ethical resonance of the ‘vision of sons’ motif—grief, accountability, and reconciliation persist beyond victory or defeat, reminding readers that dharma includes how one bears loss and remembers kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the end of a chapter: it identifies the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parvan (Āśramavāsika), the sub-section (Putradharśana), and the specific episode (going to the bank of the Gaḍā), concluding the thirty-first chapter and signaling a transition to what follows.