Shloka 53

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें हंसदमयन्तीयंवादविषयक तिरपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate nalopākhyānaparvaṇi haṃsadamyantīyāṃvādaviṣayakaḥ tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab kelima puluh tiga dalam episod Nala (Nalopākhyāna) di bawah Vana Parva dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, yang membicarakan dialog tentang angsa dan Damayantī. Penutur menutup bab ini secara rasmi, menandai peralihan dalam lengkung etika-naratif kisah Nala, dengan ucapan, kebijaksanaan menilai, dan ujian watak ditonjolkan.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतof the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

नलोपाख्यानपर्वin the Nala-upakhyana section

हंसदमयन्तीयंवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue of the swan (with) Damayanti

त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-third

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःis completed/ended

Speaker

बृहृदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nala-upākhyāna

Haṃsa (swan)

Damayantī

Bṛhadaśva

Character Dynamics

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?

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; its implicit teaching is the importance of attentive listening to narrated exempla (upākhyāna) and the ethical weight of dialogue—how speech and counsel can guide discernment and character in moments of choice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva formally concludes the chapter within the Nala episode, specifying that the section concerned with the swan–Damayantī dialogue has ended, signaling a transition to the next part of the story.