Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्णका द्वारकाकी प्रस्थानविषयक बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇasya dvārakāyāḥ prasthāna-viṣayakaḥ dvāpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』において、アーシュヴァメーディカ・パルヴァのうち、とりわけアヌギーターの章段に属する、シュリー・クリシュナがドヴァーラカーへ出立することを述べた第五十二章は、ここに円満に終わる。この結語（コロフォン）は、教誨と省察の場から再び出来事の進行へと物語が移ることを告げ、説示の整然たる完結と、ダルマに導かれた行為の再開を強調する。

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकपर्वणिin the Ashvamedhika Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained (within)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita Parva (section)

श्रीकृष्णस्यof Shri Krishna

द्वारकायाःof Dvaraka

प्रस्थानविषयकःconcerning the departure

द्विपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted / concluded

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Dvārakā

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā 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?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it underscores disciplined completion—speech, instruction, and reflection are brought to a proper close before action resumes. Ethically, it highlights order (niyama) and responsibility in transitioning from counsel to conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the end of a chapter in the Anugītā section within the Āśvamedhika Parva, specifying that the chapter’s topic was Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s departure for Dvārakā. It signals a shift from the concluded discourse to the next narrative development.