Shloka 84

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 85: Āṣṭaka–Yayāti संवादः

Merit-Exhaustion, Rebirth, and the Critique of Pride

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने चतुरशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo octogésimo cuarto de la sección Sambhava, dentro del Ādi Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, en el episodio relativo al rey Yayāti.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava Parva
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ययात्युपाख्याने: in the narrative of Yayati
• ययात्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुरशीतितमः: eighty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Yayāti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it marks the formal close of a chapter and situates the reader within the epic’s structure (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parva → Yayāti episode), emphasizing careful transmission and organization of the narrative tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s text signals that the Yayāti episode’s eighty-fourth chapter has concluded; it is an editorial/structural closure rather than an event within the story itself.