Shloka 37

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत्‌ पुरुषसत्तम,इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि नारदागमनपर्वणि दावाग्निना धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे सप्तत्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

tatrāśrauṣam ahaṃ sarvam etat puruṣasattama | iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi nāradāgamanaparvaṇi dāvāgninā dhṛtarāṣṭrādidāhe saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

在那里，我将这一切从头至尾尽皆听闻，哦，人中至善者。于是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》的《林居品》中，于叙述那罗陀来临之段、记载林火焚烧持国（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）等人的篇章里，第三十七章告终。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अश्रौषम्: I heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Lung (Aorist), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषसत्तम: O best of men
• पुरुषसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the parva) called Ashramavasika
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारदागमनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) of Narada's arrival
• नारदागमनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदागमनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दावाग्निना: by the forest-fire
• दावाग्निना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दावाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे: in the burning of Dhritarashtra and others
• धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रादिदाह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्रिंशः: thirty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• forest-fire (dāvāgni)
• Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Nāradāgamana-parvan (episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a narrative colophon: it emphasizes faithful transmission through hearing (śravaṇa) and underscores impermanence—worldly power and long-held attachments culminate in inevitable dissolution, aligning with the parva’s renunciatory and dharmic tone.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada states that he has heard the entire account, and the text formally closes the chapter within the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifically the episode describing how a forest-fire led to the burning/death of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others.