Shloka 42

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनिशासनपर्वमें श्राद्धकर्मीवेषयक बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate rāja-dharma-anuśāsana-parvaṇi śrāddha-karmī-viṣayakaḥ dvicatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Kaya nito, sa kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—sa bahaging tumatalakay sa tungkulin ng hari at pamamahala—nagtatapos ang ika-apatnapu’t dalawang kabanata na ukol sa mga ritwal ng śrāddha (mga handog para sa mga ninuno).

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) 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

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्राद्धकर्मविषयकः: pertaining to the śrāddha rite
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्धकर्मविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विचत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rāja-dharma-anuśāsana-parvan
• Śrāddha (ancestral rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter as instruction within rāja-dharma (royal duty) and identifies śrāddha-karma as a subject of dharma, implying that proper governance includes upholding prescribed rites and social-religious obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the forty-second chapter on śrāddha rites within the Śānti Parva’s rāja-dharma instructional section; it is a formal closing statement rather than a new narrative event.