Shloka 91

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि उत्तरयायाते एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ९१३१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत यम्थवपर्वमें उत्तरयायातविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi uttarayāyāte ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-first chapter on the theme of “Uttarayāyāta” within the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata. (This is a concluding colophon marking the completion of the chapter rather than a spoken narrative verse.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

उत्तरयायातेin (the section) 'Uttarayāyāta' (as titled/subject-matter)

एकनवतितमःninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अद्टक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parvan

Uttarayāyāta (chapter/topic title)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse: it signals the completion of a chapter and preserves the work’s internal organization (parva, sub-parva/theme, and chapter number), reflecting the tradition’s concern for accurate transmission and referencing.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text is formally closing the chapter identified as the ninety-first, associated with the theme/title “Uttarayāyāta,” within the Sambhava Parvan of the Ādi Parva.