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

Vậy là, trong Mahābhārata tôn kính, thuộc Śānti Parva—cụ thể ở phần luận về bổn phận vương giả và phép trị quốc—chương thứ bốn mươi hai, nói về nghi lễ śrāddha (cúng tế tổ tiên), đến đây kết thúc.

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.