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Shloka 18

Jarāsandha-vadha-upadeśa and the Departure toward Magadha (जरासन्धवधोपदेशः मागधप्रस्थानं च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि राजसूयारम्भपर्वणि जरासंधोत्पत्तौ अष्टादशो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत राजसूयारम्भपर्वमें जरासंधकी उत्पत्तिविषयक अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi rājasūyārambhaparvaṇi jarāsandhotpattau aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ସଭାପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ରାଜସୂୟାରମ୍ଭପର୍ବରେ ଜରାସନ୍ଧୋତ୍ପତ୍ତି ବିଷୟକ ଅଷ୍ଟାଦଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha-parvan

राजसूयारम्भपर्वणिin the Rajasuya-commencement section (parvan)

जरासंधोत्पत्तौin (the topic of) the birth/origin of Jarasandha

अष्टादशःeighteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Jarāsandha

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a spoken teaching: it signals the completion of a chapter and frames the narrative within the larger ethical-political arc of the Rājasūya enterprise, where questions of legitimate sovereignty and the obstacles to righteous rule (embodied by figures like Jarāsandha) become central.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing Adhyāya 18 of the Sabhā Parva, identifying its topic as Jarāsandha’s origin and situating it within the subsection on initiating the Rājasūya sacrifice.