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Shloka 22

आकाशमेघवर्णनम् / Description of the Sky Filled with Rain-Clouds

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे समुद्रदर्शन॑ नाम द्वाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe samudradarśanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweiundzwanzigste Kapitel des Ādi Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Āstīka-Abschnitts, in der Sauparṇa-Episode, betitelt „Die Schau des Ozeans“.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

आस्तीकपर्वणिin the Āstīka-parvan

सौपर्णेin the Sauparṇa section/episode

समुद्रदर्शनम्the sight/vision of the ocean

नामnamed; called

द्वाविंशःtwenty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka Parva

Sauparṇa (Garuda-related episode)

Samudra (Ocean)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes careful textual framing—how the Mahābhārata is organized into parvas, sub-parvas, and titled chapters—supporting disciplined study and accurate transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sentence marks the conclusion of Adhyāya 22, identifying its placement in the Ādi Parva under the Āstīka section and within the Sauparṇa (Garuda-related) episode, with the chapter title “Samudradarśana” (“Vision of the Ocean”).