Shloka 56

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka

Chapter 57

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें उत्तंकके उपाख्यानमें कुण्डलाहरणविषयक छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇiṃ uttankopākhyāne kuṇḍalāharaṇaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das sechsundfünfzigste Kapitel über die Wegnahme der Ohrringe, innerhalb der Erzählung von Uttaṅka im Anugītā-Abschnitt, im Aśvamedhika-Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री-महाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिक-पर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिक-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुगीता-पर्वणि: in the Anugita section
• अनुगीता-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्तङ्कस्य: of Uttanka
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्याने: in the episode/narrative
• उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुण्डल-आहरण-विषयकः: concerning the taking of the earrings
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā (Anugītā-parva)
• Uttanka
• Kuṇḍala (earrings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a concluding colophon, the verse itself teaches indirectly by framing the Uttanka episode as a completed moral unit: it highlights dharma through disciplined obedience (especially to one’s teacher), vigilance against deception, and the ethical weight of actions undertaken to fulfill a duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal end-of-chapter statement: it announces that the fifty-sixth chapter—focused on the taking/removal of the earrings within the Uttanka legend—has concluded, and it locates the episode within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.