Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत्‌ पुरुषसत्तम,इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि नारदागमनपर्वणि दावाग्निना धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे सप्तत्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

tatrāśrauṣam ahaṃ sarvam etat puruṣasattama | iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi nāradāgamanaparvaṇi dāvāgninā dhṛtarāṣṭrādidāhe saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

その場で、われはこれら一切を余すところなく聞いた、ああ人の中の最上者よ。かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』「アーシュラマヴァーシカ・パルヴァ」において、ナーラダ来訪の章、すなわち森の火がドリタラーシュトラらを焼き尽くした次第を語る第三十七章は終わる。

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अश्रौषम्I heard

अहम्I

सर्वम्all

एतत्this

पुरुषसत्तमO best of men

इतिthus

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the parva) called Ashramavasika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

नारदागमनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) of Narada's arrival

दावाग्निनाby the forest-fire

धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहेin the burning of Dhritarashtra and others

सप्तत्रिंशःthirty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

forest-fire (dāvāgni)

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Nāradāgamana-parvan (episode)

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?

The verse functions as a narrative colophon: it emphasizes faithful transmission through hearing (śravaṇa) and underscores impermanence—worldly power and long-held attachments culminate in inevitable dissolution, aligning with the parva’s renunciatory and dharmic tone.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada states that he has heard the entire account, and the text formally closes the chapter within the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifically the episode describing how a forest-fire led to the burning/death of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others.