Shloka 40

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें युधिष्ठिरका राज्याभिषेकविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇe yudhiṣṭhirakā rājābhiṣekaviṣayaka cālīsavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parva—khususnya bagian ajaran tentang dharma para raja—berakhirlah bab keempat puluh yang membahas penobatan kerajaan Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वthe Rajadharmanushasana-parva (section on instruction in royal duties)

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhishthira

राज्याभिषेकविषयकconcerning the royal consecration

चत्वारिंशत्तमःfortieth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Rājābhiṣeka (royal consecration)

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 line signals the completion of a chapter situated in the teaching on rājadharma—ethical kingship—framing Yudhiṣṭhira’s coronation as an event grounded in dharma and guided by instruction on righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana marks the end of the fortieth chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction-section, noting that the chapter’s topic is Yudhiṣṭhira’s rājābhiṣeka (royal consecration).