Shloka 238

Daitya-āśvāsana of Duryodhana; Karṇa’s assurance and the mobilization of the Kaurava host

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें घोषयात्राके सम्बन्धमें परामर्शविषयक दो सौ अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargataṃ ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi ghoṣayātrā-sambandhe parāmarśa-viṣayakaṃ dviśata-aṣṭātriṃśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവത്തിനകത്തുള്ള ഘോഷയാത്രാപർവത്തിൽ ഘോഷയാത്രാസംബന്ധമായ ആലോചനാവിഷയക ഇരുനൂറ്റി മുപ്പത്തെട്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣayātrā-parvan

घोषयात्रायाःof the Ghoṣayātrā (cattle-camp expedition)

सम्बन्धेin connection with

परामर्शविषयकःpertaining to deliberation/advice

द्विशतtwo-hundredth

अष्टत्रिंशत्तमःthirty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣa-yātrā Parva (Ghoṣayātrāparva)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights a recurring epic ethic: significant undertakings should be preceded by parāmarśa—careful consultation and deliberation—so that action aligns with prudence and dharma rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding notice stating that the chapter dealing with counsel about the Ghoṣa-yātrā (cowherd expedition episode) within the Vana Parva has been completed; it functions as a structural marker rather than a plot event.