Shloka 30

धृतराष्ट्रदर्शनाय पाण्डवानां प्रयाणम् | The Pāṇḍavas Prepare to Visit Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि व्यासकुन्तीसंवादे त्रिंशोडथ्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi putradarśanaparvaṇi vyāsa-kuntī-saṃvāde triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《阿湿罗摩住林篇》内《见子品》中，毗耶娑与昆蒂之对话所成第三十章告终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the) Āśramavāsika (section)
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/book
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: in the 'Son-vision' sub-parvan
• पुत्रदर्शनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रदर्शनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्यासकुन्तीसंवादे: in the dialogue of Vyāsa and Kuntī
• व्यासकुन्तीसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यासकुन्तीसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिंशः: thirtieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Putradharśana Parva
• Vyāsa
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-ending colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly: it frames the preceding dialogue as authoritative instruction, emphasizing that grief after catastrophic war is to be approached through dharmic reflection, remembrance, and spiritual counsel rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the thirtieth chapter of the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifically the ‘Putradharśana’ episode, concluding the dialogue between Vyāsa and Kuntī.