Shloka 87

Devanagari script

७ दक्षिण भारतीय पाठसे लिये गये छलोक-- ८२ (४) ५

Transliteration

sapta dakṣiṇa-bhāratīya-pāṭhase līye gaye ślokāḥ — 82 (4) 5

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「南方本（ダクシナ系統）から七つの詩句が採られた—ここでは 82 (4) 5 と記される。」これは南方写本伝承に由来する異同や挿入を示す校訂上の注記であり、物語を進める叙述の発言ではない。

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sapta (७)', 'definition': 'seven'}, {'term': 'dakṣiṇa', 'definition': 'southern

• pertaining to the South'}, {'term': 'bhāratīya', 'definition': 'Indian

• here, ‘Southern Indian’ (as a recension/tradition)'}, {'term': 'pāṭha', 'definition': 'reading

• manuscript tradition'}, {'term': 'līye gaye', 'definition': 'taken

• adopted (editorial selection)'}, {'term': 'śloka', 'definition': 'verse

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dakṣiṇa (Southern) recension/pāṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a moral instruction but a textual marker: it highlights that the Mahābhārata exists in multiple manuscript traditions, and editors sometimes note when verses are adopted from a particular recension (here, the Southern/Dakṣiṇa tradition).

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. It functions as an editorial/recensional annotation within the printed edition, indicating that a set of verses is sourced from the Southern reading tradition.