Shloka 76

ययातिः शर्मिष्ठायाः ऋतुप्रार्थनां धर्मसंवादं च शृणोति

Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā: request in ṛtu and discourse on truth and dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें ययात्युपाख्यानविषयक छिह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvake antargataṃ Sambhavaparvaṇi Yayāty-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter of the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, the chapter whose subject is the episode concerning King Yayāti. The narrator marks the completion of this section, signaling a transition in the genealogy-and-origins narrative that frames the epic’s moral world.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered, auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आदि: beginning; first
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• पर्व: book, section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• सम्भव: Sambhava (name of a sub-parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• पर्व: section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• मध्ये: in, within
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्ये

• ययाति: Yayati (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति
• Form: Masculine, Stem (compound member)

• उपाख्यान: episode, tale
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Stem (compound member)

• विषयक: concerning, relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Stem (compound member)

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्
• Form: Stem (compound member)

• सप्तति: seventy
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Stem (compound member)

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

• समाप्तः: completed, finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Yayāti