Shloka 40

अध्याय ३९: विदुरेण धृतराष्ट्राय नीत्युपदेशः

Timely Counsel, Association, and Kin-Duty

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि प्रजागरपर्वणि विदुरवाक्ये चत्वारिंशोडध्याय: || ४० || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रजायरपर्वमें विदुरवाक्यविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi prajāgaraparvaṇi viduravākye catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 40 ||

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《优提瑜伽篇》、名为“普罗阇伽罗篇”的分部中，以毗度罗劝诫为旨的第四十章至此终了。

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

प्रजागरपर्वणिin the Prajāgara-parvan

विदुरवाक्येin (the section of) Vidura's speech

चत्वारिंशःfortieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Prajāgara Parva

Vidura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter devoted to Vidura’s counsel, framing the preceding material as ethical and political instruction (dharma and nīti) delivered in a moment of grave crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the fortieth chapter of the Prajāgara Parva within the Udyoga Parva, indicating that the unit of discourse known as ‘Vidura’s words’ has concluded at this point.