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Shloka 98

Pātāla-varṇana (Nārada’s Description of the Netherworld) / पातालवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे अष्टनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe aṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಪರ್ವದ ಭಗವದ್ಯಾನಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತಲಿವರಾನ್ವೇಷಣೆಯ ವಿಷಯವಾದ ತೊಂಬತ್ತೆಂಟನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाgreat (as part of title)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

भगवद्यानपर्वणिin the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan

मातलिवरान्वेषणेin the search for the excellent Mātali

अष्टनवतितमःninety-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Bhagavad-yāna Parva (section)

Mātali

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a didactic verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location (Udyoga Parva), sub-section (Bhagavad-yāna), episode theme (search for Mātali), and the chapter number.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has concluded for this chapter; the text is formally closing the chapter associated with the episode described as the quest/search for Mātali within the Bhagavad-yāna section of the Udyoga Parva.