Shloka 5828

Devanagari script

|| स्त्रीपर्व सम्पूर्णम्‌ ।। नजीब (0) आसजअस+- अनुष्टुपू, बड़े श्लोक बड़े एलोकोंको अनुष्टुप्‌ माननेपप कुल उत्तर भारतीय पाठसे लिये गये ८२२ (५) ६

Transliteration

|| strīparva sampūrṇam ||

Translation

Thus ends the Strī Parva. With this closing colophon, Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the section that dwells on the aftermath of war—especially the grief, lamentation, and moral reckoning of the women—framing the narrative as a solemn conclusion to a phase of collective suffering and ethical reflection.

Word by Word

• स्त्रीपर्व: the Strī-parvan (section named 'Women')
• स्त्रीपर्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पूर्णम्: complete; finished
• सम्पूर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Strī Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon itself teaches through framing: it signals that the lamentation and moral accounting after war are not incidental but a complete, integral unit of reflection—highlighting the ethical cost of violence and the necessity of acknowledging suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana concludes the Strī Parva, formally closing the section of the Mahābhārata that narrates the women’s grief and the immediate emotional and moral aftermath of the Kurukṣetra war.