Shloka 40
Jaradkāru Encounters the Pitṛs
Jaratkāru-Pitṛdarśana
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपर्वमें परीक्षित्-उपाख्यानविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antaragate āstīkaparvaṇi parīkṣit-upākhyāna-viṣayakaś catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le quarantième chapitre de l’épisode de Parīkṣit, au sein de la section Āstīka de l’Ādi Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata.
कृश उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes its tradition—marking boundaries of episodes and emphasizing faithful transmission and orderly remembrance of itihāsa.
The text is concluding a chapter: it states that the fortieth adhyāya dealing with the Parīkṣit episode, situated within the Āstīka Parva of the Ādi Parva, has been completed.