Shloka 40

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें युधिष्ठिरका राज्याभिषेकविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇe yudhiṣṭhirakā rājābhiṣekaviṣayaka cālīsavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die Pflichten der Könige—dieses vierzigste Kapitel, das von Yudhiṣṭhiras königlicher Weihe handelt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व: the Rajadharmanushasana-parva (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरस्य: of Yudhishthira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राज्याभिषेकविषयक: concerning the royal consecration
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्याभिषेकविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चत्वारिंशत्तमः: fortieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Rājābhiṣeka (royal consecration)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line signals the completion of a chapter situated in the teaching on rājadharma—ethical kingship—framing Yudhiṣṭhira’s coronation as an event grounded in dharma and guided by instruction on righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana marks the end of the fortieth chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction-section, noting that the chapter’s topic is Yudhiṣṭhira’s rājābhiṣeka (royal consecration).