Shloka 85
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
समासो भारतस्यायमत्रोक्त: पर्वसंग्रह: । पौष्यं पौलोममास्तीकमादिरंशावतारणम्,मयस्य दर्शनं चैव आदिपर्वणि कथ्यते । इस प्रकार यहाँ संक्षेपसे महाभारतके पर्वोका संग्रह बताया गया है। पौष्य, पौलोम, आस्तीक, आदिअंशावतरण, सम्भव, लाक्षागृह, हिडिम्बवध, बकवध, चैत्ररथ, देवी द्रौपदीका स्वयंवर, क्षत्रियधर्मसे राजाओंपर विजयप्राप्तिपूर्वक वैवाहिक विधि, विदुरागमन, राज्यलम्भ, अर्जुनका वनवास, सुभद्राका हरण, हरणाहरण, खाण्डवदाह तथा मयदानवसे मिलनेका प्रसंग--यहाँतककी कथा आदिपर्वमें कही गयी है
samāso bhāratasya ayam atroktāḥ parvasaṅgrahaḥ | pauṣyaṃ paulomam āstīkam ādir aṃśāvatāraṇam, mayasya darśanaṃ caiva ādiparvaṇi kathyate |
Here is stated a concise synopsis of the Mahābhārata—an index of its sections. In the Ādi Parva are narrated the episodes of Pauṣya, Pauloma, and Āstīka; the account of the primordial descent of portions (aṃśas) of divine beings; and also the encounter with Maya. Thus the opening book frames the epic’s moral universe by mapping its origins, lineages, and the causes that will later mature into conflict and the testing of dharma.
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