Shloka 61

Adhyāya 62: Marutta’s Treasure and the Pāṇḍavas’ Auspicious Departure (मरुत्तस्य धनप्राप्त्युपक्रमः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वरें वसुदेवकोी सान्त्वनाविषयक इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargate anugītā-parvaṇi vasudevasya sāntvanā-viṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Āśvamedhika-Parva, das einundsechzigste Kapitel des Anugītā-Abschnitts, das die Tröstung Vasudevas behandelt. Diese Schlussnotiz kündet einen Übergang an: Die Lehre und die Zusprache an Vasudeva sind vollendet und bekräftigen erneut Geistesfestigkeit und dharmische Standhaftigkeit nach erlittenem Leid.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वकेin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita-parvan

वसुदेवस्यof Vasudeva

सान्त्वनाविषयकःconcerning consolation

एकषष्टितमःsixty-first

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā (section)

Vasudeva

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 chapter-colophon, the verse itself does not add new doctrine; it frames the completed discourse as ‘Vasudeva’s consolation,’ highlighting the ethical aim of restoring composure, clarity, and dharmic steadiness after distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana marks the end of the sixty-first chapter within the Anugītā section of the Āśvamedhika Parva, indicating that the portion dealing with consoling Vasudeva has concluded and the text is moving onward.