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Shloka 39

आदि पर्व — अध्याय 39: तक्षक–काश्यप संवादः, न्यग्रोधसंजीवनम्, पारिक्षितोपायः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि जरत्कार्वन्वेषणे एकोनचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi jaratkārvanveṣaṇe ekonacatvāriṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается тридцать девятая глава (то есть «на одну меньше сорока») в Ади-парве «Шри Махабхараты», в разделе об Астике, в повествовании о поисках Джараткару. Эта приписка отмечает конец смыслового отрезка, обрамляющего нравственную неотложность вопросов рода и долга, а также последствия пренебрежения обязанностями перед предками.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीfortune; splendor; honorific 'Śrī'

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

आदिin the beginning; in the first

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

आस्तीकin (the) Āstīka (episode/name)

पर्वणिin the parvan/section

जरत्कारin (the matter of) Jaratkāru

अन्वेषणेin the search/investigation

एकोनचत्वारिंशःthirty-ninth (lit. one less than forty)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

एलापत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka

Jaratkāru

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse, it points to the ethical frame of the surrounding episode: dharma is tied to responsibility toward ancestors and continuity of lineage, and the narrative stresses the urgency of fulfilling obligations that avert harm to one’s forebears.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon for Ādi Parva, Āstīka section, specifically the episode about searching for Jaratkāru. It signals the close of that chapter’s narrative unit and situates it within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata.