Shloka 37
सभा पर्व, अध्याय ३७ — युधिष्ठिरस्य भीष्मोपदेशः
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Consultation and Bhīṣma’s Counsel in the Assembly
इति श्रीमहा भारते सभापर्वणि अर्घाभिहरणपर्वणि शिशुपालक्रोधे सप्तत्रिंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत अर्घाभिहरणपर्वमें शिशुपालका क्रोधविषयक सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi arghābhiharaṇaparvaṇi śiśupālakrodhe saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṃ śrīmahābhārata-sabhāparvaṇi antargata arghābhiharaṇa-parva meṃ śiśupāla-kā krodha-viṣayaka saiṃtīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि अर्घाभिहरणपर्वणि शिशुपालक्रोधे सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥
शिशुपाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights the ethical tension between rightful honor (arghya offered according to merit and dharma) and uncontrolled anger. Śiśupāla’s wrath functions as a caution: when pride and resentment override discernment, one’s speech and conduct in public assembly become instruments of adharma and escalation.
This is a concluding colophon for the chapter: it states that, within Sabhā Parva and the arghya-offering episode, the thirty-seventh chapter—focused on Śiśupāla’s anger—has ended. It signals a transition point after the depiction of Śiśupāla’s outrage in the royal assembly context.