Shloka 39

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शल्यपव्वके अन्तर्गत गदापबव॑नें बलदेवजीकी तीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सारस्वतोपाख्यानविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Śalyaparvaṇi antar-gata-gadāparvaṇi Baladevajī-kī tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Sārasvatopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ekonacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ຈຶ່ງສິ້ນສຸດບົດທີ 39 ແຫ່ງຕອນສາຣັສວະຕະ (Sārasvata) ອັນເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນບົດບາດຂອງການຈາລິກຕີຣຖະຂອງບະລະເທວະ (Baladeva), ພາຍໃນພາກກະດາ ແຫ່ງຊາລະຍະປະຣະວະ ຂອງມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ. ການບັນຍາຍນີ້ເປັນການປິດຕອນຢ່າງເປັນທາງການ ຂອງຄຳສອນແລະເລື່ອງລາວ, ໂດຍຈັດວາງຕອນນີ້ໃນກອບຈັນຍາທີ່ກວ້າງຂວາງ ວ່າດ້ວຍໜ້າທີ່, ການຂົນຂວາຍຕົນ, ແລະຜົນສະທ້ອນຂອງການກະທຳ ຫຼັງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्वणिin the Shalya-parvan of the Mahabharata

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

गदापर्वणिin the Gada-parvan (club-fight section)

बलदेवस्यof Baladeva

तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्गेin the context of the pilgrimage

सारस्वतोपाख्यान-विषयकःconcerning the Sarasvata-upakhyana

एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तमःthirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Śalya Parva

Gadā Parva

Baladeva (Balarāma)

Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)

Sārasvata Upākhyāna

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: it emphasizes textual structure and context—placing the Sārasvata episode within Baladeva’s pilgrimage and the mace-related section of Śalya Parva—reminding readers that ethical reflection (dharma, restraint, consequence) is embedded within a carefully framed narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the completion of the thirty-ninth chapter dealing with the Sārasvata sub-story, told in connection with Baladeva’s tīrtha-yātrā, and notes its placement within the Gadā section of the Śalya Parva.