Shloka 32

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 33: Vāsuki’s Council on Averting the Sarpa-satra

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ोा भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपवरमें गरुडचरित्रविषयक बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvaṇi antar-gata Āstīkaparvaṇi Garuḍa-caritra-viṣayakaḥ dvātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo trigésimo segundo de la sección Āstīka, dentro del Ādi Parva del venerable Mahābhārata, relativo al relato de Garuḍa. (Colofón.)

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded (within)

आस्तीकपर्वणिin the Astika Parva

गरुडचरित्रविषयकconcerning the story of Garuda

द्वात्रिंशत्तमthirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

महाभारत (Mahābhārata)

आ

आदि पर्व (Ādi Parva)

आ

आस्तीक पर्व (Āstīka Parva)

ग

गरुड (Garuḍa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to mark textual completion and preserve the work’s organization. Indirectly, it highlights the Mahābhārata’s careful framing of narratives (here, Garuḍa’s deeds) within larger ethical-historical contexts (the Āstīka section).

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative event occurs here. The text simply announces that the chapter concerning Garuḍa’s story, within the Āstīka section of the Ādi Parva, has concluded.