Shloka 31

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत यभापव॑के अन्तर्गत विग्विजयपर्वमें सहदेवके द्वारा दक्षिण दिशाकी विजयसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Sabhāparvaṇi antargate Digvijayaparvaṇi Sahadevena dakṣiṇa-diśāyā vijaya-sambandhaṁ eka-triṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے سبھا پَرو کے ضمن میں دِگ وِجَے پَرو میں، سہدیَو کی جنوبی سمت کی فتح سے متعلق اکتیسواں اَدھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सभापर्वके: of the Sabhā-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दिग्विजयपर्वमें: in the Digvijaya-parvan (conquest of directions section)
• दिग्विजयपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग्विजयपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सहदेवके: of Sahadeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• द्वारा: by means of; through
• द्वारा: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वार

• दक्षिण: southern
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिशा: direction
• दिशा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विजय: by (the) conquest/victory
• विजय: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्बन्ध: connection/relation
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रखनेवाला: having/keeping (one who has)
• रखनेवाला: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रख्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकत्रिंशत्तमः: thirty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकत्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Sabhā Parva
• Digvijaya Parva
• Sahadeva
• Dakṣiṇa-diś (the southern direction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion and classification, but it also reflects the Mahābhārata’s ethical-political frame: conquest is narrated as a structured assertion of sovereignty (digvijaya) tied to legitimacy and order, not as random aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the end of a chapter within Sabhā Parva’s Digvijaya section, specifying that the completed chapter concerns Sahadeva’s victories in the southern direction.