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Shloka 25

कुन्तीनिवर्तनप्रयत्नः तथा वननिवासप्रारम्भः

Attempt to Dissuade Kuntī; Commencement of Forest Residence

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि ऋषीन प्रति युधिष्ठिरादिकथने पड्चविंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi ṛṣīn prati yudhiṣṭhirādikathane pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

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」—とりわけ森の庵に住まう段—において、ユディシュティラらがリシ（聖仙）たちに語りかける次第を述べた第二十五章は終わる。この結語は、王の務めと出離（放棄）とが霊的権威の前で量られる、道徳的緊張を帯びた対話として本話を位置づける。

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the) Ashramavasika (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

आश्रमवासपर्वणिin the Ashramavasa-parvan (section on dwelling in the hermitage)

ऋषीन्sages

प्रतिtowards; to; addressed to

युधिष्ठिरादिकथनेin the narration/speech of Yudhishthira and others

पञ्चविंशःtwenty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Ṛ

ṛṣi (sages)

Yudhiṣṭhira

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 add new doctrine but signals that the chapter’s ethical focus is a royal party (Yudhiṣṭhira and others) engaging sages—implying that dharma is clarified and validated through consultation with spiritual authorities, especially in matters of renunciation and right conduct after worldly power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse marks the formal close of the chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), and the chapter’s subject—Yudhiṣṭhira and others speaking to the sages—functioning as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than a plot event.