Shloka 64

Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि अंशावतरणपर्वणि चतु:षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi aṃśāvataraṇaparvaṇi catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter of the Aṃśāvataraṇa section within the Ādi Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata. This closing colophon signals the completion of the chapter’s narrated unit, marking a formal pause in the transmission of the epic’s account.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अंशावतरणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)section called Aṃśāvataraṇa-parvan
• अंशावतरणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशावतरणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतु:षष्टितमः: the sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतु:षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Aṃśāvataraṇa-parvan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is ethical-textual: it preserves orderly transmission, indicating where a narrated unit ends so the listener/reader can reflect before proceeding.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event is narrated here. The text formally closes the sixty-fourth chapter of the Aṃśāvataraṇa section within the Ādi Parva.