Shloka 412

Vasiṣṭhāpavāha: Sarasvatī’s Diversion and Viśvāmitra’s Curse (वसिष्ठापवाहः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शल्यपर्वणि गदापर्वणि बलदेवतीर्थयात्रायां सारस्वतोपाख्याने एकचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śalyaparvaṇi gadāparvaṇi baladevatīrthayātrāyāṃ sārasvatopākhyāne ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается сорок первая глава «Шалья-парвы» священной «Махабхараты» — в разделе «Гадапарван» (о палице), в повествовании о паломничестве Баладевы к священным бродам, а именно в эпизоде, известном как сказание о Сарасвате. Этот колофон знаменует закрытие целостного наставления и памятования: он обрамляет предшествующий рассказ как часть более широкого нравственного и ритуального пространства, где паломничество, священная география и назидательные истории помогают осмыслить моральную тяжесть войны и её последствий.

Word by Word

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

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

• शल्यपर्वणि: in the Shalya Parva
• शल्यपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्यपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गदापर्वणि: in the Gada Parva
• गदापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बलदेवतीर्थयात्रायाम्: in (the section on) Baladeva's pilgrimage to sacred fords
• बलदेवतीर्थयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेवतीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सारस्वतोपाख्याने: in the Sarasvata episode
• सारस्वतोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकचत्वारिंशः: forty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrinal content; its teaching is structural and interpretive: it situates the preceding material within a sacred and ethical frame—linking the war narrative to tīrtha-traditions and exemplary sub-stories (upākhyānas) that guide reflection on dharma, consequence, and purification.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces the completion of the forty-first chapter of the Śalya Parva, specifically within the Gadā-related section and Baladeva’s pilgrimage account, concluding the Sārasvata episode.