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Shloka 85

Āśramadharma and the Marks of the Muni

Yayāti–Aṣṭaka Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने पूर्वयायातसमाप्तौ पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne pūrvayayātasamāptau pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Ādi Parva et de la section Sambhava, dans l’épisode concernant le roi Yayāti, s’achève la première partie du récit de Yayāti ; ici se termine le quatre-vingt-cinquième chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

ययात्युपाख्यानेin the tale (upākhyāna) of Yayāti

पूर्वयायातसमाप्तौat the completion of the earlier Yayāti (episode/section)

पञ्चाशीतितमःeighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Yayāti

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized into nested units (parva → sub-parva/section → upākhyāna → adhyāya). Such markers encourage readers to treat each completed narrative unit as a coherent lesson—often ethical or political—before moving on.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals a formal chapter ending: within the Yayāti episode, the ‘earlier portion’ has concluded, and the text closes the eighty-fifth chapter. It functions as a transition point before the story continues in the next chapter.