Shloka 64

Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपरव्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें द्रव्य लानेका उपक्रमविषयक चौंयठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata āśvamedhika-parvaṇi antargata anugītā-parvaṇi dravya-lānopakrama-viṣayakaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante-quatrième chapitre, concernant l’entreprise d’apporter les matériaux requis, dans la section de l’Anugītā incluse au sein de l’Aśvamedhika Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata. Ce colophon de clôture marque le passage de l’enseignement à la préparation concrète, rappelant que les desseins justes doivent être soutenus par un effort ordonné et des moyens appropriés.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva

द्रव्यलानोपक्रमविषयकःconcerning the undertaking of bringing materials/wealth

चतुःषष्टितमःsixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā Parva

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through argument but through framing: it underscores that dharmic intentions (especially ritual or public duties) require proper preparation—gathering the necessary means and proceeding in an orderly, responsible way.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the completion of a chapter in the Anugītā section within the Aśvamedhika Parva, specifying that the chapter’s topic was the undertaking of bringing materials (requisites), and formally closes it.