Shloka 64

Duḥṣanta at Kaṇva-Āśrama; Śakuntalā’s Reception and Origin Prelude (दुःषन्तस्य कण्वाश्रमागमनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत अंशावतरणपर्वमें चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata aṃśāvataraṇaparvaṇi catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante-quatrième chapitre de la section Aṃśāvataraṇa, au sein de l’Ādi Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata. Ce colophon marque une clôture solennelle et rappelle à l’auditeur que le déroulement de l’épopée s’inscrit dans un dessein sacré plus vaste : les manifestations divines et leurs conséquences morales.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीthe venerable / auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

अंशावतरणपर्वणिin the Aṃśāvataraṇa-parvan

चand

चतुःषष्टितमःsixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted / finished

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Aṃśāvataraṇa Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure and framing, signaling that the preceding narration belongs to the Aṃśāvataraṇa theme—events are presented as part of a larger moral and cosmic order rather than isolated incidents.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator formally closes the chapter, stating that the sixty-fourth chapter of the Aṃśāvataraṇa section within the Ādi Parva has been completed.