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Shloka 96

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 97: Satyavatī’s appeal and Bhīṣma’s reaffirmation of satya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि महाभिषोपाख्याने षण्णवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi mahābhiṣopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva—specifically the Sambhava Parva—ends the ninety-sixth chapter, in the section known as the “Narrative of Mahābhiṣa (the Great Consecration)”.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava section (Sambhava-parvan)

महाभिषोपाख्यानेin the episode called (the story of) Mahabhisha

षण्णवतितमःthe ninety-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Mahābhiṣa-upākhyāna

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?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s internal structure; its lesson is primarily literary: it preserves textual organization and transmission rather than offering a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s chapter-ending formula concludes the ninety-sixth chapter of the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva, indicating that the portion associated with the Mahābhiṣa-related sub-narrative has reached a chapter boundary.