Mahabharata 9.40.39 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 40, Shloka 39

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शल्यपव्वके अन्तर्गत गदापबव॑नें बलदेवजीकी तीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें सारस्वतोपाख्यानविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Śalyaparvaṇi antar-gata-gadāparvaṇi Baladevajī-kī tīrthayātrā-prasaṅge Sārasvatopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ekonacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ ba mươi chín của thiên Sārasvata, diễn ra trong bối cảnh cuộc hành hương của Baladeva, thuộc phần Gadā trong Śalya Parva của bộ Mahābhārata thiêng liêng. Lời kể đánh dấu sự khép lại trang trọng của đơn vị giáo huấn và truyện thuật này, đặt thiên truyện vào khung đạo lý rộng lớn về bổn phận, tự chế và hệ quả của hành vi giữa dư âm hậu chiến.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्वणि: in the Shalya-parvan of the Mahabharata
• श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शल्यपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गदापर्वणि: in the Gada-parvan (club-fight section)
• गदापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बलदेवस्य: of Baladeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: in the context of the pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सारस्वतोपाख्यान-विषयकः: concerning the Sarasvata-upakhyana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत-उपाख्यान-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तमः: thirty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Śalya Parva
• Gadā Parva
• Baladeva (Balarāma)
• Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)
• Sārasvata Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes textual structure and context—placing the Sārasvata episode within Baladeva’s pilgrimage and the mace-related section of Śalya Parva—reminding readers that ethical reflection (dharma, restraint, consequence) is embedded within a carefully framed narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the completion of the thirty-ninth chapter dealing with the Sārasvata sub-story, told in connection with Baladeva’s tīrtha-yātrā, and notes its placement within the Gadā section of the Śalya Parva.