Shloka 97

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 98 — Paraśurāma’s kṣatriya suppression; Dīrghatamas, Bali, Sudēṣṇā, and the birth of Aṅga

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि शान्तनूपाख्याने सप्तनवतितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi śāntanūpākhyāne saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-seventh chapter in the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, in the episode concerning King Śāntanu.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (in)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Mahabharata
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदि: in the beginning (i.e., Adi-)
• आदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भव: in the Sambhava (section)
• सम्भव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तनु: of Shantanu
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्याने: in the episode/narrative
• उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त

• नवतितमः: ninety-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Śāntanu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, emphasizing textual order and context: it marks the close of a chapter within the Śāntanu episode, situating the narrative within the larger ethical-historical frame of dynastic origins in the Mahābhārata.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not a narrative event but an editorial closing formula: it announces that the ninety-seventh chapter of the Sambhava Parva (within the Ādi Parva) in the Śāntanu-related episode has concluded.