Sabha Parva Adhyaya 34 Shloka 34 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 34

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि राजसूयपर्वणि निमन्त्रितराजागमने चतुस्सत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi rājasūyaparvaṇi nimantritarājāgamane catuḥsatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि राजसूयपर्वणि निमन्त्रितराजागमने चतुःसत्रिंशोऽध्यायः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)

राजसूयपर्वणिin the Rājasūya-parvan (section on the Rājasūya sacrifice)

निमन्त्रितराजागमनेin (the topic of) the arrival of the invited kings

चतुस्सत्रिंशःthirty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

invited kings (nimantrita-rājāḥ)

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical-political context of the Rājasūya: rightful sovereignty is publicly recognized through ritual order, proper invitation, and the disciplined gathering of rulers—signals of dharma in governance and social hierarchy.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line closes the chapter describing the arrival of kings who have been invited for the Rājasūya sacrifice in the Sabha Parva, marking the completion of that episode and transitioning to the next narrative segment.