Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 39

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शल्यपव्वके अन्तर्गत गदापबव॑नें बलदेवजीकी तीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सारस्वतोपाख्यानविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Śalyaparvaṇi antar-gata-gadāparvaṇi Baladevajī-kī tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Sārasvatopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ekonacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Так завершается тридцать девятая глава сказания о Сарасвате, изложенного в контексте паломничества Баладевы, в разделе «Гада» Шалья-парвы священной «Махабхараты». Повествование знаменует торжественное завершение этого узла наставления и истории, помещая его в более широкий нравственный строй долга, самообуздания и последствий поступков в послевоенном отзвуке.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्वणि: in the Shalya-parvan of the Mahabharata
• श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गदापर्वणि: in the Gada-parvan (club-fight section)
• गदापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बलदेवस्य: of Baladeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: in the context of the pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सारस्वतोपाख्यान-विषयकः: concerning the Sarasvata-upakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत-उपाख्यान-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तमः: thirty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Śalya Parva
• Gadā Parva
• Baladeva (Balarāma)
• Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)
• Sārasvata Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes textual structure and context—placing the Sārasvata episode within Baladeva’s pilgrimage and the mace-related section of Śalya Parva—reminding readers that ethical reflection (dharma, restraint, consequence) is embedded within a carefully framed narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the completion of the thirty-ninth chapter dealing with the Sārasvata sub-story, told in connection with Baladeva’s tīrtha-yātrā, and notes its placement within the Gadā section of the Śalya Parva.