Shloka 44

Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सनत्सुजातपर्वणि सनत्सुजातवाक्ये चतुश्नत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sanatsujātaparvaṇi sanatsujātavākye catuścatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, in the section concerning Sanatsujāta, in the discourse spoken by Sanatsujāta, ends the forty-third chapter.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सनत्सुजातपर्वणि: in the Sanatsujata-parvan
• सनत्सुजातपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्सुजातपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सनत्सुजातवाक्ये: in the discourse/words of Sanatsujata
• सनत्सुजातवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्सुजातवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशः: the forty-fourth
• चतुश्चत्वारिंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanatsujāta
• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Sanatsujāta Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a teaching verse. It identifies the textual location: Mahābhārata → Udyoga Parva → Sanatsujāta Parva → Sanatsujāta’s discourse, and notes the completion of Chapter 43.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to formally close the chapter. It signals that the portion of Sanatsujāta’s discourse contained in this chapter has concluded, before the text proceeds to the next chapter/section.