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Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत सौप्तिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत ऐषीकपर्वमें अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sauptikaparvaṇi antargate aiṣīkaparvaṇi aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le vénérable Mahābhārata, au sein du Sauptika Parva—plus précisément dans la section Aiṣīka—s’achève le dix-huitième chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

सौप्तिकपर्वणिin the Sauptika Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

ऐषीकपर्वणिin the Aishika Parva (section)

अष्टादशमःeighteenth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Sauptika Parva

Aiṣīka 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 is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches by form—showing how the epic’s oral-aural tradition marks completion and transition, encouraging attentive listening and reflection on the preceding events before moving forward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the eighteenth chapter of the Aiṣīka section within the Sauptika Parva has ended. It functions as a formal closure and structural marker in the text.