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Shloka 41

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते समापर्वणि शिशुपालवधपर्वणि शिशुपालवाक्ये एकचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत सभापव॑के अन्तर्गत शिशुपालवधपर्वनें शिशुपालवाक्यविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi śiśupālavadha-parvaṇi śiśupālavākye ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | itiprakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-sabhāparva-ke antargata śiśupālavadha-parva meṃ śiśupāla-vākya-viṣayaka ikatālīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि शिशुपालवधपर्वणि शिशुपालवाक्यविषये एकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीglory; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabhā-parvan

शिशुपालवधपर्वणिin the Śiśupāla-slaying sub-parvan

शिशुपालवाक्येin (the section of) Śiśupāla's speech

एकचत्वारिंशःforty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Śiśupāla

Śiśupāla-vadha (episode/section)

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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals textual closure and locates the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s hierarchy (Parva → episode/section → chapter). Its ethical import is indirect—reminding the reader that speeches and actions (here, Śiśupāla’s words within the Śiśupāla-vadha context) are framed and evaluated within a larger narrative order.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter ends. The colophon states that the forty-first chapter of the Sabhā Parva—connected with the Śiśupāla-vadha episode and focused on Śiśupāla’s speech—has been completed.