Shloka 59
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
उद्योगपर्व विज्ञेयमत ऊर्ध्व॑ महाद्भुतम् । ततः संजययानाख्यं पर्व ज्ञेयमत: परम्,इसके पश्चात् परम अदभुत उद्योगपर्व समझना चाहिये। इसीमें संजययानपर्व कहा गया है। तदनन्तर चिन्ताके कारण धृतराष्ट्रके रातभर जागनेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला प्रजागरपर्व समझना चाहिये। तत्पश्चात् वह प्रसिद्ध सनत्सुजातपर्व है, जिसमें अत्यन्त गोपनीय अध्यात्मदर्शनका समावेश हुआ है
Udyogaparva vijñeyam ata ūrdhvaṁ mahādbhutam | tataḥ saṁjayāyanākhyaṁ parva jñeyam ataḥ param |
येथून पुढे परम अद्भुत उद्योगपर्व जाणावे. त्यानंतर संजययान नावाचे पर्व जाणावे.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a guide to the epic’s architecture: it directs the reader to recognize the next major division (Udyoga Parva) and subsequent named sections. Ethically, it signals a shift from origins to responsibility—how leaders prepare for conflict, seek counsel, and confront inner turmoil, culminating in spiritual instruction (Sanatsujāta) that reframes power and mortality through dharma and self-knowledge.
This is a cataloguing transition: the text is enumerating what comes next in the Mahābhārata’s sequence. It points forward to Udyoga Parva (pre-war negotiations and mobilization), then to a section associated with Sañjaya, and (as reflected in the accompanying Hindi gloss) onward to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s anxious wakefulness (Prājāgara) and the famous discourse of Sanatsujāta.