Shloka 47
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
सभापर्व ततः प्रोक्त मन्त्रपर्व ततः परम् । जरासन्धवध: पर्व पर्व दिग्विजयं तथा,इसके बाद क्रमश: सभापर्व, मन्त्रपर्व, जरासन्ध-वधपर्व और दिग्विजयपर्वका प्रवचन है
sabhāparva tataḥ proktaṃ mantraparva tataḥ param | jarāsandhavadhaḥ parva parva digvijayaṃ tathā ||
त्यानंतर सभापर्व सांगितले आहे; त्यानंतर मन्त्रपर्व. मग जरासन्धवधपर्व आणि तसेच दिग्विजयपर्वाचे वर्णन आहे.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of tradition: the epic is presented in a structured sequence of parvas. Ethically, it signals that political power (assembly, counsel, conquest) must be understood as a progression with consequences—decisions in court and counsel lead to acts of force, which in turn shape dharma and social order.
The speaker is listing the upcoming sections of the Mahābhārata in sequence: Sabhā Parva, then Mantra Parva, then the parva describing Jarāsandha’s death, and then the Digvijaya (campaign of conquest). It functions as a table-of-contents style transition within the narration.