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Shloka 39

कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः

Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि नारदागमनपर्वणि श्राद्धदाने एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi nāradāgamanaparvaṇi śrāddhadāne ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el venerable Mahābhārata, dentro del Āśramavāsika Parva, en la sección sobre la llegada de Nārada, concluye el capítulo acerca de la ofrenda de śrāddha y el dar: este es el capítulo trigésimo noveno.

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.