Shloka 29

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्रमवासिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत पुत्रदर्शनपर्वमें धतराष्ट आदिकी की हुई प्रार्थगविषयक उन्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata Āśramavāsikaparvaṇi antargata Putradarśanaparvaṇi Dhṛtarāṣṭrādikānāṁ kṛtā prārthanāviṣayakā ekonatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Assim termina o vigésimo nono capítulo do Mahābhārata, no Āśramavāsika Parva, dentro da seção chamada Putradarśana Parva, acerca das preces oferecidas por Dhṛtarāṣṭra e outros.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकपर्वणिin the Āśramavāsika-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणिin the Putradarśana-parvan

धृतराष्ट्रादीनाम्of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others

कृताmade/done

प्रार्थनाprayer/supplication

विषयकconcerning/relating to

एकोनत्रिंशत्तमःtwenty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Putradarśana Parva

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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?

The chapter-ending notice highlights a moral pivot characteristic of Āśramavāsika: after the devastation of war, the elders’ response is prayer and inward reckoning. It frames ethical closure—acceptance of consequences, humility, and the search for spiritual resolution rather than political victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style conclusion stating that the twenty-ninth chapter has ended. It specifies the textual location (Āśramavāsika Parva, within Putradarśana Parva) and notes that the chapter’s subject concerned the prayers offered by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others.