Shloka 141

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

अध्याया: सप्ततिरज्ञैयास्तथा चाष्टौ प्रसंख्यया । श्लोकानां द्वे सहस्ने तु पजच शलोकशतानि च,श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणो! इस पर्वमें अध्यायोंकी संख्या अठहत्तर (७८) है और श्लोकोंकी संख्या दो हजार पाँच सौ ग्यारह (२,५११) बतायी गयी है। इसके पश्चात्‌ महत्त्वपूर्ण वनपर्वका आरम्भ होता है

Transliteration

adhyāyāḥ saptatir ajñaiyās tathā cāṣṭau prasaṅkhyayā | ślokānāṁ dve sahasre tu pañca ślokaśatāni ca ||

Translation

Rāma said: “In this parvan, the chapters are counted as seventy plus eight—seventy-eight in all. The verses are stated to be two thousand and five hundred. After this, the great Forest Book (Vana-parvan) begins.”

Word by Word

अध्यायाःchapters

सप्ततिःseventy

अज्ञेयाःto be known / known (as)

तथाand also / likewise

चand

अष्टौeight

प्रसंख्ययाby count / in number

श्लोकानाम्of verses

द्वेtwo

सहस्रेthousands

तुindeed / but

पञ्चfive

श्लोकशतानिhundreds of verses

चand

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Vana-parvan

Sandhi Notes