Shloka 34

अध्याय ३४ — एलापत्रस्योपदेशः

Elāpatra’s Counsel on the Nāgas’ Deliverance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे चतुस्त्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe catuḥstriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das vierunddreißigste Kapitel des Sauparṇa-Abschnitts innerhalb der Āstīka-Unterparvan im Ādi Parvan des heiligen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: in the great
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदि: in the beginning; in the first
• आदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आस्तीक: in (the section called) Āstīka
• आस्तीक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौपर्णे: in (the section called) Sauparṇa
• सौपर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुस्त्रिंशः: thirty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parvan
• Āstīka Parvan
• Sauparṇa (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse; its function is to frame and authenticate the text by marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s hierarchy of parva and sub-parva—supporting careful study, citation, and transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the chapter concludes, and the text formally records that this is the 34th chapter of the Sauparṇa portion within the Āstīka sub-parvan of the Ādi Parvan.