Shloka 41

Jaradkāru Encounters the Pitṛs

Jaratkāru-Pitṛdarśana

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि परिक्षिच्छापे एकचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi parikṣicchāpe ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వములోని ఆస్తీకపర్వములో, రాజు పరిక్షిత్తు శాపప్రకరణమున నలభై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Astika Parva (section)
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परिक्षिच्छापे: in (the topic of) Parikshit’s curse
• परिक्षिच्छापे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षित्-शाप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

शमीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Āstīka
• Parīkṣit

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical arc of the episode—how actions (especially disrespect and anger) can lead to far-reaching consequences through the mechanism of a curse and its aftermath.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal conclusion of the forty-first chapter of the Ādi Parva, specifying that it belongs to the Āstīka section and pertains to the account of King Parīkṣit’s curse.