Shloka 99

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे एकोनशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe ekonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter in the Udyoga Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Bhagavad-yāna (divine mission) section—specifically, the episode of Mātali’s search for the excellent choice. This colophon marks the close of the chapter’s narrative unit and signals the transition to what follows amid the ethical and political tensions before war.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna sub-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: in the search for the excellent Mātali
• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलिवरान्वेषण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनशततमः: the ninety-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva (section)
• Mātali