Shloka 32

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि दिग्विजयपर्वणि नकुलप्रतीचीविजये द्वात्रिंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत दिग्विजयपर्वमें नकुलके द्वारा पश्चिम दिशाकी विजयसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi digvijayaparvaṇi nakula-pratīcī-vijaye dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ସଭାପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦିଗ୍ବିଜୟପର୍ବରେ ନକୁଳଙ୍କ ପଶ୍ଚିମଦିଗ୍ବିଜୟ-ବିଷୟକ ବତ୍ତିସତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan

दिग्विजयपर्वणिin the Digvijaya-parvan (section on conquest of directions)

नकुलof Nakula

प्रतीचीin the western (direction)

विजयेin the conquest; in the victory

द्वात्रिंशःthirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Digvijaya Parva

Nakula

Pratīcī (western direction)

Character Dynamics

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?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it also frames conquest as a structured, accountable royal undertaking within a larger ethical-political narrative—expansion is presented as part of establishing recognized sovereignty rather than mere violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text closes the chapter describing Nakula’s western campaign (pratīcī-vijaya) within the Digvijaya sequence of Sabhā Parva, indicating that this episode of directional conquest has concluded.