Shloka 97

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 98 — Paraśurāma’s kṣatriya suppression; Dīrghatamas, Bali, Sudēṣṇā, and the birth of Aṅga

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि शान्तनूपाख्याने सप्तनवतितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi śāntanūpākhyāne saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo nonagésimo séptimo de la sección Sambhava del Ādi Parva del venerable Mahābhārata, en el episodio relativo al rey Śāntanu.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (in)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Mahabharata
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदि: in the beginning (i.e., Adi-)
• आदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भव: in the Sambhava (section)
• सम्भव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तनु: of Shantanu
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्याने: in the episode/narrative
• उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त

• नवतितमः: ninety-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Śāntanu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, emphasizing textual order and context: it marks the close of a chapter within the Śāntanu episode, situating the narrative within the larger ethical-historical frame of dynastic origins in the Mahābhārata.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not a narrative event but an editorial closing formula: it announces that the ninety-seventh chapter of the Sambhava Parva (within the Ādi Parva) in the Śāntanu-related episode has concluded.