Shloka 72

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें शकुन्तलोपाख्यानविषयक बहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi śakuntalopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ bahattaro 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhūt

Translation

Thus ends the seventy-second chapter of the Śakuntalā episode within the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

आदिin the beginning; in the first

पर्वकेin the Parva-section (as a division)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

सम्भवSambhava (name of a sub-parva/section)

पर्वparva; section

शकुन्तलof Shakuntala

उपाख्यानin the episode/legend

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

बहत्तरवाँseventy-second

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete/finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Śakuntalā (episode)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon marking the end of the Śakuntalā episode’s chapter, it emphasizes the epic’s concern with dharma as it operates through family, recognition, and rightful continuity of lineage—ethical responsibility is shown to have lasting social and historical consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a formal closing statement indicating that the chapter concerning the Śakuntalā episode within the Sambhava portion of the Ādi Parva has concluded.