Shloka 33

अध्याय ३४ — एलापत्रस्योपदेशः

Elāpatra’s Counsel on the Nāgas’ Deliverance

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपवर्में गरुडचरित्रविषयक तैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraśrīmahābhārate Ādiparvaṇi antargata Āstīkaparvaṇi Garuḍacaritraviṣayaka trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Ādi Parva—genauer im Āstīka Parva—das dreiunddreißigste Kapitel, das die Erzählung von Garuḍa behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाthe great and illustrious

भारतthe Mahabharata

आदि-पर्वकेin the Adi-parvan (first book)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

आस्तीक-पर्वणिin the Astika-parvan

गरुड-चरित्र-विषयकconcerning the story of Garuḍa

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमःthirty-third

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka Parva

Garuḍa

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a structural colophon. Its implicit lesson is textual discipline: it signals closure, preserves orderly transmission, and helps readers locate narratives within the epic’s layered parva framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has reached a stopping point: the chapter focused on Garuḍa’s account is declared complete within the Āstīka Parva section of the Ādi Parva.