Shloka 35

Āśramamaṇḍala-darśana and Ṛṣi-samāgama

Observation of the Hermitage Precinct and the Assembly of Sages

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि जनमेजयस्य स्वपितृदर्शने पज्चत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi janamejayasya svapitṛdarśane pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ਇਤੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼੍ਰਮਵਾਸਿਕ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੁੱਤਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ, ਜਨਮੇਜਯ ਦੇ ਸਵ-ਪਿਤ੍ਰ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਵਿਸ਼ਯਕ ਪੈਂਤੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the) Ashramavasika (parva)
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: in the 'Son-vision' sub-parva
• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रदर्शनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जनमेजयस्य: of Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्व: one's own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पितृदर्शने: in (the episode of) seeing (his) father
• पितृदर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चत्रिंशः: thirty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

आस्तीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Āstīka
• Janamejaya
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Putradarśana-parvan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the ethical importance of remembering and honoring one’s lineage: after great upheaval, dharma is sustained through reverence for ancestors, truthful transmission of history, and awareness of continuity between generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of a chapter in the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifying that the chapter concerned Janamejaya’s vision of his forefathers within the ‘Vision of the Sons’ sub-section.