Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि नारदागमनपर्वणि श्राद्धदाने एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi nāradāgamanaparvaṇi śrāddhadāne ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So schließt im verehrten Mahābhārata, im Āśramavāsika-Parva, in dem Abschnitt über Nāradas Ankunft, das Kapitel über die Darbringung der Śrāddha (śrāddha) und das Geben von Gaben—dies ist das neununddreißigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin the Āśramavāsika (parvan)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

नारदागमनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) of Nārada's arrival

श्राद्धदानेin (the topic of) giving śrāddha-offerings

एकोनचत्वारिंशःthirty-ninth (one less than forty)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Nārada

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 episode as dharma-centered: honoring ancestors through śrāddha and receiving guidance through a sage’s presence. It emphasizes continuity of moral duty even after great upheavals—ritual remembrance and rightful giving sustain social and spiritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon marking the end of the chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), the internal section (Nārada’s arrival), and the chapter’s focus (the giving of śrāddha), stating that this is the thirty-ninth adhyāya.