Shloka 28

Garuḍa’s Assault on the Devas and the Fire-Barrier (अमृत-रक्षा-युद्धम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे अष्टाविंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe aṣṭāviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter of the Sauparṇa section within the Āstīka sub-parvan of the Ādi Parvan of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Astika section (parvan)
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौपर्णे: in the Sauparna (episode/section)
• सौपर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parvan
• Āstīka Parvan
• Sauparṇa (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s internal structure; its purpose is organizational rather than doctrinal.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here; it simply announces the completion of the 28th chapter of the Sauparṇa portion within the Āstīka sub-parvan of the Ādi Parvan.