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Shloka 34

अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः

Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि जनमेजयं प्रति वैशम्पायनवाक्ये चतुस्त्रिंशो&ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi janamejayaṃ prati vaiśampāyanavākye catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના આશ્રમવાસિક પર્વમાં ‘પુત્રદર્શન’ નામના ઉપપર્વમાં, રાજા જનમેજયને પ્રતિ વૈશમ્પાયનના વચનમાં ચોત્રીસમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થાય છે.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the parvan) called Āśramavāsika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणिin the sub-section called 'Son-vision' (Putradarśana-parvan)

जनमेजयम्Janamejaya (as the one addressed)

प्रतिtowards; to (addressed to)

वैशम्पायनवाक्येin the words/speech of Vaiśampāyana

चतुस्त्रिंशःthirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Putradaśana-parvan (Putradaśanaparvan)

Janamejaya

Vaiśampāyana

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?

This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes the disciplined transmission of sacred history—who speaks (Vaiśampāyana), who listens (Janamejaya), and where the episode belongs (Āśramavāsika; Putradaśana). Ethically, it underlines accountability in narration and the continuity of memory across generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not a plot event but a formal closure marker: it signals the end of a chapter within the Āśramavāsika Parva, in the Putradaśana episode, within Vaiśampāyana’s narration to King Janamejaya.