Shloka 26

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Dharmic Rule (भीष्मोक्त-युधिष्ठिर-राजधर्म-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहरणपर्वमें कर्ण और दु:ःशासनके वचनविषयक छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvake antargata-goharaṇaparvaṇi karṇa-duḥśāsana-vacana-viṣayakaḥ ṣaḍviṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے وِراٹ پَرو کے ضمن میں گوہرن پَرو کے اندر کرن اور دُہشاسن کے اقوال کے بیان پر مشتمل چھبیسواں ادھیائے 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 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विराट: in Virata (Parva)
• विराट: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोहरण: in the cattle-seizure (episode)
• गोहरण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोहरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the sub-section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्ण: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुःशासन: of Duhshasana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचन: of the words/speech
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षड्विंशतितम: twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर: was completed/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic/idiomatic past sense), Third, Singular

• हुआ: became/was (Hindi auxiliary; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Goharaṇa Parva
• Karṇa
• Duḥśāsana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse, it underscores a recurring Mahābhārata theme: speech and counsel are morally weighty. Words can guide toward restraint and dharma or inflame pride and aggression; therefore, accountability extends not only to actions but also to the advice and provocations that precipitate them.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending notice: it concludes the twenty-sixth chapter of the Goharaṇa (cattle-raid) section within Virāṭa Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject concerned the statements of Karṇa and Duḥśāsana.