Shloka 180

Karma, Preta-gati, and the Continuity of Phala

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरसर्पसंवादे अशीत्यधिकशततमोडयाय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत आजगरपर्वमें युधिष्टिरसर्पसंवादाविषयक एक सौ अस्सीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-sarpa-saṃvāde aśītyadhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically the Ājagara episode—ends the dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and the serpent; this concludes the one-hundred-and-eightieth chapter. The colophon marks the completion of a teaching-centered exchange in which dharma is examined through questioning and reflection rather than through force.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• vanaparvaṇi: in the Vana Parva
• vanaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vanaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ājagaraparvaṇi: in the Ājagara-parva (section)
• ājagaraparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājagaraparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• yudhiṣṭhira-sarpa-saṃvāde: in the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and the serpent
• yudhiṣṭhira-sarpa-saṃvāde: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira-sarpa-saṃvāda
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• aśīty-adhika-śatatamaḥ: one hundred and eightieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśīti-adhika-śatatama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• samāptaḥ: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāpta
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

सर्प उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Ājagara-parvan (Ājagara episode)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sarpa (serpent)