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Shloka 27

Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि व्यासागमने सप्तविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi vyāsāgamane saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Āśramavāsika Parva—specifically the section on the forest-dwelling (āśrama) life—ends the twenty-seventh chapter, concerning the arrival of Vyāsa. This closing formula marks the completion of a narrative unit and signals a transition to the next portion of the account.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

आश्रमवासिकेin (the parvan) called Āśramavāsika

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

आश्रमवासपर्वणिin the Āśramavāsa-parvan

व्यासागमनेin (the episode of) Vyāsa's arrival

सप्तविंशःtwenty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśramavāsika Parva

Vyāsa

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—marking the completion of a chapter and framing the narrative within the larger ethical arc of āśrama-life and withdrawal after worldly conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes with a formal ending statement identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), and the chapter’s theme (Vyāsa’s arrival), indicating a transition to the next chapter.