Shloka 63

दमयन्त्याः अरण्यविहारः — Damayantī’s Passage through the Wilderness

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि नलवनयात्रायामेकषष्टितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nalopākhyānaparvaṇi nalavanayātrāyām ekṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kolophon: In der Śrī Mahābhārata, im Vana Parva, im Abschnitt der Nala-Erzählung, in dem Teil über Nalas Waldreise, endet das einundsechzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

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

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

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Nala-upākhyāna section
• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नलवनयात्रायाम्: in (the episode of) Nala's journey to the forest
• नलवनयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलवनयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्टितमः: sixty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nala-upākhyāna
• Nala

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse; its function is to frame the narrative by marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger ethical tale of Nala, where endurance, self-control, and steadfastness amid adversity are central.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding Adhyāya 61 of the Nala episode in the Vana Parva, specifically the segment describing Nala’s journey in the forest; it signals closure of the chapter rather than advancing the plot.