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Shloka 46

आचार्य-क्षमा, देśa–kāla-नīti, तथा भेद-दोषः

Teacher-Reconciliation, Timing-Policy, and the Fault of Factionalism

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि गोहरणपर्वणि उत्तरगोग्रहे औत्पातिको नाम षट्चत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi goharaṇaparvaṇi uttaragograhe autpātiko nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในวิราฏปรวะ ในตอนโกหรณปรวะ ในเหตุการณ์ยึดโคของอุตตระ บทที่สี่สิบหกชื่อ “เอาตฺปาติกะ” (ว่าด้วยลางอาเพศ) จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

विराटपर्वणिin the Virata Parva

गोहरणपर्वणिin the (sub-)parva called the Cattle-Raid Parva

उत्तरगोग्रहेin (the section on) Uttara's seizure/recovery of the cows

औत्पातिकः(chapter) named 'Omen-related' (Autpātika)

नामby name; called

षट्चत्वारिंशःforty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Goharaṇa Parva

Uttara

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 line does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the chapter’s theme—“portents”—which in epic ethics often signals that unrighteous aggression and impending conflict carry moral and cosmic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing formula for the chapter: it locates the story within Virāṭa Parva, inside the cattle-raid episode connected with Uttara’s cattle, and states that the forty-sixth chapter—titled “Autpātika” (Portents)—has concluded.