Shloka 20

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्रमवासिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्वमें नारदजीका वाक्यविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Āśramavāsikaparvaṇi antargata Āśramavāsaparvaṇi Nāradajī-kā vākyaviṣayaka viṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「アーシュラマヴァーシカ・パルヴァ」に属する「アーシュラマヴァーサ」章、ナーラダの説示を主題とする第二十章は、ここに終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आश्रमवासिकपर्वणिin the Ashramavasika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

आश्रमवासपर्वणिin the Ashramavasa Parva

नारदजीof Narada (honorific in Hindi usage)

वाक्यविषयकconcerning the speech/statement

बीसवाँtwentieth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became; got completed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Nārada

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Āśramavāsa 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 chapter-colophon, the verse underscores the epic’s ethical arc: authoritative sage-speech (here, Nārada’s) is treated as a guiding lens for dharma, especially as the story turns from royal life and war’s aftermath toward withdrawal, reflection, and accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the formal completion of the twentieth chapter in the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject was Nārada’s words. It functions as a structural marker concluding that unit of narration.