Shloka 45
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
विदुरागमनं पर्व राज्यलम्भस्तथैव च । अर्जुनस्य वने वास: सुभद्राहरणं तत:,विदुरागमन, राज्यलम्भपर्व, तत्पश्चात् अर्जुन-वनवासपर्व और फिर सुभद्राहरणपर्व है
vidurāgamanam parva rājyālambhas tathaiva ca | arjunasya vane vāsaḥ subhadrāharaṇaṃ tataḥ ||
विदुरागमनपर्व आणि तसेच राज्यलम्भपर्व; त्यानंतर अर्जुन-वनवासपर्व आणि मग सुभद्राहरणपर्व आहे.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how the epic frames ethical and political life through distinct narrative milestones: wise counsel entering the scene (Vidura), legitimate or contested sovereignty (rājya-lābha), disciplined endurance in exile (vana-vāsa), and alliance-building through marriage (Subhadrā-haraṇa). It teaches that dharma is explored not only in speeches but also through the sequence of consequential life-events.
A speaker is enumerating forthcoming sections (parvas) of the Mahābhārata’s storyline: first Vidura’s arrival, then the attainment of kingship, then Arjuna’s forest-dwelling, and finally the episode of Subhadrā being carried away (the Subhadrā-haraṇa episode).