Shloka 29

Virāṭa’s Mobilization to Recover the Cattle (गोधनरक्षणार्थ विराटस्य सैन्यसमायोजनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें गुप्तचर भेजनेके विषयमें कृपाचार्यवचनसम्बन्धी उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata goharaṇaparvameṃ guptacara bhejane ke viṣayameṃ kṛpācāryavacanasambandhī unatīsavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนวิราฏปรวะ ภาคโกหรณะปรวะ บทว่าด้วยการส่งสายลับ อันเกี่ยวเนื่องด้วยคำแนะนำของอาจารย์กฤปะ บทที่ยี่สิบเก้าก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीvenerable/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

विराटपर्वकेof/within the Virata-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

गोहरणपर्वमेंin the Go-harana-parvan (cattle-raid section)

गुप्तचरspies

भेजनेकेof sending

विषयमेंin the matter of/about

कृपाचार्यof Kripacharya

वचनसम्बन्धीrelating to the speech/statement

उनतीसवाँtwenty-ninth

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete/finished

हुआwas/has become (ended)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa Parva

Kṛpācārya

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?

The colophon underscores the moral ambiguity of political tactics: the move toward espionage and covert planning raises questions about whether success in conflict justifies secretive means, inviting reflection on dharma in governance and war.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the twenty-ninth chapter has concluded, within the Virāṭa Parva’s Goharaṇa episode, specifically concerning the sending of spies and linked to Kṛpācārya’s counsel.