Shloka 96

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 97: Satyavatī’s appeal and Bhīṣma’s reaffirmation of satya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि महाभिषोपाख्याने षण्णवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi mahābhiṣopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «آدي بَرفا»—وخاصة «سَمْبَهَفَ بَرفا»—تنتهي هنا الفصولُ السادسُ والتسعون، في القسم المعروف بـ«حكاية مهابهِصَ (Mahābhiṣa)، التكريس العظيم».

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 section (Sambhava-parvan)
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाभिषोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the story of) Mahabhisha
• महाभिषोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभिषोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षण्णवतितमः: the ninety-sixth
• षण्णवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षण्णवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Mahābhiṣa-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s internal structure; its lesson is primarily literary: it preserves textual organization and transmission rather than offering a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s chapter-ending formula concludes the ninety-sixth chapter of the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva, indicating that the portion associated with the Mahābhiṣa-related sub-narrative has reached a chapter boundary.