Shloka 46

Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि महापुरुषस्तवे षट्चत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi mahāpuruṣastave ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนศานติปรรพ ภาคว่าด้วยคำสั่งสอนเรื่องราชธรรม บท ‘มหาปุรุษสตวะ’ บทที่สี่สิบหก จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

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

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

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana section (sub-parva)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महापुरुषस्तवे: in the hymn of the Great Person
• महापुरुषस्तवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्चत्वारिंशः: forty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Mahāpuruṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter framed as a hymn to the Mahāpuruṣa, embedded within teachings on rājadharma. Its ethical implication is contextual—devotion and reverence for the supreme principle are presented as harmonizing with righteous governance and moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches the formal close of Adhyāya 46 in the Śānti Parva. The text signals that the “Mahāpuruṣa-stava” chapter has concluded within the rājadharma instruction section, a post-war setting where dharma is systematically taught and organized.