Shloka 51
Kurukṣetra–Samantapañcaka Māhātmya: King Kuru’s Ploughing and Indra’s Boon (प्रजापतेरुत्तरवेदिः समन्तपञ्चकं)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शल्यपर्वके अन्तर्गत गदापव॑नें बलदेवजीकी तीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सारस्वतोपाख्यानविषयक इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Śalya-parvake antargata gadāparvaṇe Baladevajī-kī tīrthayātrā-ke prasaṅgame Sārasvatopākhyāna-viṣayaka ikyāvanvāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā.
かくして『マハーバーラタ』シャリヤ・パルヴァにおいて、棍棒の段に属し、バラデーヴァの巡礼の文脈に置かれたサーラスヴァタ物語を述べる第五十一章は終わる。この結語は一つの物語単位の完結を告げ、巡礼と聖なる伝承が、戦の暴力と並び立ちながらも相補ってダルマを支えるという、より大きな倫理・儀礼の地平へと位置づける。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames dharma through multiple complementary paths: even amid war narratives, pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) and sacred sub-tales (upākhyāna) are presented as sustaining moral and ritual order, reminding the listener that dharma is upheld not only by battle but also by sanctifying practices and remembered tradition.
Vaiśampāyana signals the completion of the fifty-first chapter focused on the Sārasvata episode, situated within Śalya Parva and connected to the broader context of Baladeva’s pilgrimage and the mace-related section of the narrative.