Shloka 31

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत यभापव॑के अन्तर्गत विग्विजयपर्वमें सहदेवके द्वारा दक्षिण दिशाकी विजयसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Sabhāparvaṇi antargate Digvijayaparvaṇi Sahadevena dakṣiṇa-diśāyā vijaya-sambandhaṁ eka-triṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Sabhā Parva, s’achève le trente et unième chapitre de la section Digvijaya, relatif à la conquête du sud par Sahadeva.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

सभापर्वकेof the Sabhā-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दिग्विजयपर्वमेंin the Digvijaya-parvan (conquest of directions section)

सहदेवकेof Sahadeva

द्वाराby means of; through

दक्षिणsouthern

दिशाdirection

विजयby (the) conquest/victory

सम्बन्धconnection/relation

रखनेवालाhaving/keeping (one who has)

एकत्रिंशत्तमःthirty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Digvijaya Parva

Sahadeva

Dakṣiṇa-diś (the southern direction)

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 primarily signals completion and classification, but it also reflects the Mahābhārata’s ethical-political frame: conquest is narrated as a structured assertion of sovereignty (digvijaya) tied to legitimacy and order, not as random aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the end of a chapter within Sabhā Parva’s Digvijaya section, specifying that the completed chapter concerns Sahadeva’s victories in the southern direction.