Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आस्तीकपर्वमें वायुकिकी बहिनके वरणसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

isa prakāra śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata āstīkaparvameṃ vāyukikī bahinake varaṇase sambandha rakhanevālā caudahavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le quatorzième chapitre de la section d’Āstīka, au sein de l’Ādi Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, chapitre lié au récit concernant le choix (en mariage) de la sœur de Vāyukī. Cette formule tient lieu de colophon : elle marque la clôture d’une unité narrative et garantit la transmission ordonnée du texte.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the (holy) Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

आस्तीकपर्वणिin the Astika-parvan

वायुकिकीof Vayukiki

बहिनःof (the) sister

वरणेनby/with the choosing (as bridegroom)

सम्बन्धम्connection/relationship

रखत्having/keeping (relating to)

चतुर्दशःfourteenth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Āstīka Parva

Vāyukī

Vāyukī’s sister

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches the importance of orderly textual transmission—clearly marking the end of a chapter and identifying its narrative focus—so that the Itihāsa can be preserved and studied without confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the fourteenth chapter of the Āstīka section (within the Ādi Parva) has concluded, and notes that its content was connected with an account involving the marriage-choice (varaṇa) of Vāyukī’s sister.