Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें चार्वाकको प्राप्त हुए वरदान आदिका वर्णनविषयक उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparva-meṃ cārvāka-ko prāpta hue varadāna-ādikā varṇana-viṣayaka unacālīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva, phần Rājadharmānuśāsana, chương thứ ba mươi chín—nói về các ân phúc và những điều liên hệ mà Cārvāka đã nhận được—đã kết thúc.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva

चार्वाकम्Charvaka

प्राप्तobtained/received

वरदानboons

आदिकम्and the like, etc.

वर्णनविषयकhaving as its subject the description

उनतालीसवःthirty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Cārvāka

Vāyudeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line itself does not present a new doctrinal verse; it frames the completed unit as part of rājadharma instruction, highlighting that the preceding discussion belongs to ethical governance and the consequences and propriety of boons (varadāna) and related acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement marking the end of the thirty-ninth chapter within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of Śānti Parva, indicating that the chapter’s subject was the narration concerning boons and related matters connected with Cārvāka.