Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वमें अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sauptikaparvaṇi antargate aiṣīkaparvaṇi aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Sauptika Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Aiṣīka—das achtzehnte Kapitel.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौप्तिकपर्वणि: in the Sauptika Parva
• सौप्तिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौप्तिकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऐषीकपर्वणि: in the Aishika Parva (section)
• ऐषीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐषीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टादशमः: eighteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादशम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Sauptika Parva
• Aiṣīka Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches by form—showing how the epic’s oral-aural tradition marks completion and transition, encouraging attentive listening and reflection on the preceding events before moving forward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the eighteenth chapter of the Aiṣīka section within the Sauptika Parva has ended. It functions as a formal closure and structural marker in the text.