Shloka 159

तापती–संवरणोपाख्यानम्

The Tapatī–Saṃvaraṇa Episode: Meaning of “Tāpatya”

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि कुन्तीप्रश्ने एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi kuntīpraśne ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva—specifically in the section concerning the slaying of Baka—during the episode of Kuntī’s inquiry, ends the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth chapter (the 159th adhyāya).

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बकवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Baka
• बकवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुन्तीप्रश्ने: in (the episode of) Kunti's question
• कुन्तीप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Baka
• Kuntī