Shloka 84

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 85: Āṣṭaka–Yayāti संवादः

Merit-Exhaustion, Rebirth, and the Critique of Pride

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने चतुरशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصول: الفصل الرابع والثمانون من قسم السَّمْبَهاڤا ضمن الآدي پرفا من «شري مهابهاراتا»، في خبر الملك يَياطي.

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava Parva
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ययात्युपाख्याने: in the narrative of Yayati
• ययात्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुरशीतितमः: eighty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Yayāti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it marks the formal close of a chapter and situates the reader within the epic’s structure (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parva → Yayāti episode), emphasizing careful transmission and organization of the narrative tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s text signals that the Yayāti episode’s eighty-fourth chapter has concluded; it is an editorial/structural closure rather than an event within the story itself.