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Shloka 49

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

द्यूतपर्व ततः प्रोक्तमनुद्यूतमत: परम्‌ । तत आरण्यकं पर्व किर्मीरवध एव च,इसके बाद क्रमशः द्यूत एवं अनुद्यूतपर्व हैं। तत्पश्चात्‌ वनयात्रापर्व तथा किर्मीरवधपर्व है

dyūtapārva tataḥ proktam anudyūtam ataḥ param | tata āraṇyakaṃ parva kirmīravadha eva ca ||

他又列举诸篇次第:其后为“赌戏篇”(Dyūta-parvan),继之为“再赌篇”(Anudyūta-parvan)。再后是“林居篇”(Āraṇyaka-parvan),并有“诛基尔弥罗篇”(Kirmīra-vadha-parvan)。此偈如同史诗道德危机展开的路标——一念堕入恶习(赌博),便引发流放与血腥遭遇,在逆境中考验对达摩的坚守。

द्यूतपर्वthe gambling-episode (Dyūta-parvan)
द्यूतपर्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्यूत + पर्वन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
प्रोक्तम्is said/has been stated
प्रोक्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
अनुद्यूतम्the re-gambling (Anudyūta)
अनुद्यूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनु + द्यूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अतःthereafter/from that
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
परम्next/after that
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ततthen
तत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
आरण्यकम्forest-related
आरण्यकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआरण्यक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पर्वthe book/section (parvan)
पर्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
किर्मीरवधःthe slaying of Kirmīra
किर्मीरवधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिर्मीर + वध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/also/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

राम उवाच

D
Dyūta-parvan
A
Anudyūta-parvan
Ā
Āraṇyaka-parvan
K
Kirmīra
K
Kirmīra-vadha-parvan

Educational Q&A

By listing the Dyūta and Anudyūta episodes before the forest sojourn and the slaying of Kirmīra, the text highlights a moral chain: indulgence in adharma (gambling driven by greed and pride) leads to loss, exile, and further trials. The implied lesson is vigilance over one’s choices, since ethical lapses can set in motion long sequences of suffering that demand endurance and righteous conduct to overcome.

The speaker is outlining the order of upcoming parvans (major sections) of the Mahābhārata: first the gambling match (Dyūta), then the renewed gambling (Anudyūta), then the forest-life narrative (Āraṇyaka), and within that stream the episode of killing the rākṣasa Kirmīra (Kirmīra-vadha). It is a structural summary that situates later events in sequence.