Shloka 46

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

सुभद्राहरणादूर्ध्व ज्ेया हरणहारिका । तत: खाण्डवदाहाख्यं तत्रैव मयदर्शनम्‌,सुभद्राहरणके बाद हरणाहरणपर्व है, पुनः खाण्डवदाह-पर्व है, उसीमें मयदानवके दर्शनकी कथा है

Transliteration

Subhadrāharaṇād ūrdhvaṁ jñeyā haraṇa-hārikā | tataḥ Khāṇḍava-dāhākhyam tatraiva Maya-darśanam ||

Translation

苏跋陀罗被掳携之后，当知其后有名为“哈罗那-哈利迦”（Haraṇa-hārikā）之篇。继而为“焚烧旃陀婆林”（Khāṇḍava-dāha）之篇；而就在该叙事之中，又有邂逅魔耶（Maya，达那婆）之事。

Word by Word

सुभद्रा-हरणात्after the abduction of Subhadrā / from Subhadrā-abduction

ऊर्ध्वम्thereafter; above/afterwards

ज्ञेयाis to be known (as)

हरण-हारिकाthe Haraṇahārikā (name of a section/parvan)

ततःthen; thereafter

खाण्डव-दाह-आख्यम्called ‘Khāṇḍava-burning’

तत्रthere; in that (section)

एवindeed; just

मय-दर्शनम्the seeing/encounter of Maya (Dānava)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Subhadrā

Khāṇḍava (forest)

Maya (Dānava/Mayāsura)

Haraṇa-hārikā (episode/section)

Khāṇḍava-dāha (episode/section)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily functions as a structural guide, but it implicitly highlights ethical causality: personal choices and contested actions (like abduction and ensuing hostilities) do not remain isolated; they lead into wider, often destructive consequences (the Khāṇḍava burning) and pivotal encounters (meeting Maya) that shape future developments.

What is happening in the narrative?

It outlines the order of episodes: after Subhadrā’s abduction comes a section termed Haraṇa-hārikā; next follows the Khāṇḍava-dāha (burning of the Khāṇḍava forest), and within that same episode occurs the narrative of seeing/meeting Maya, the Dānava.