Sabha Parva Adhyaya 28 Shloka 28 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि दिग्विजयपर्वणि अर्जुनोत्तरदिग्विजये अष्टाविंशोड ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापववके अन्तर्गत विग्विजयपर्वमें अर्जुनकी उत्तर दिशापर विजयविषयक अद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi digvijayaparvaṇi arjunottaradigvijaye aṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత సభాపర్వాంతర్గత దిగ్విజయపర్వములో అర్జున ఉత్తరదిగ్విజయము గూర్చిన ఇరవైఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

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

दिग्विजयपर्वणिin the Digvijaya-parvan (section on conquest of the quarters)

अर्जुनोत्तरदिग्विजयेin Arjuna's conquest of the northern direction

अष्टाविंशःtwenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parvan

Digvijaya Parvan

Arjuna

Uttara diś (northern direction)

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 preceding narrative within the dharmic-political ideal of digvijaya—conquest undertaken as part of establishing legitimate sovereignty and ordered rule, rather than mere personal aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker Vaiśampāyana signals the close of the chapter describing Arjuna’s northern campaign in the Digvijaya section of the Sabhā Parvan, marking the completion of that episode within the larger account of the Pāṇḍavas’ preparations for imperial rites and governance.