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Shloka 88

Paurava-vaṃśa-kathana (Account of the Paurava Lineage) | महाभारत आदि पर्व अध्याय ८९

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि उत्तरयायाते अष्टाशीतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ८८ ॥। इस प्रकार श्रीमयहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें उत्तरयायातविषयक अद्ठासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi uttarayāyāte aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 88 ||

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Ādi Parva y en particular del Sambhava Parva, llega a su término el capítulo octogésimo octavo—relativo al episodio de Uttara y Yāyāti. (Colofón que marca el cierre del capítulo).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

उत्तरयायातेin (the section) concerning Uttara-yayāta

अष्टाशीतितमःthe eighty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अट्क उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Uttara

Yāyāti

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 preserve textual order and integrity by formally marking the end of a chapter and identifying its placement within the Mahābhārata’s larger structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs here. The text announces that the chapter dealing with the Uttara–Yāyāti-related material has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.