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Shloka 71

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि वैवाहिकपर्वणि उत्तराविवाहप्रस्तावे एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi vaivāhikaparvaṇi uttarāvivāhaprastāve ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ ສີຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ພາຍໃນ ວິຣາຏະປະຣະວະ—ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກວ່າດ້ວຍພິທີແຕ່ງງານ—ໄດ້ເປີດສະຖານະການເລື່ອງລາວສຳລັບການແຕ່ງງານຂອງ ອຸຕຕະຣາ; ນີ້ແມ່ນບົດທີ 71. ຄຳລົງທ້າຍບົດເປັນໝາຍບອກການຜ່ານໄປສູ່ການກະທຳທາງສັງຄົມທີ່ຖືກນຳໂດຍທັມມະ (ພັນທະແຕ່ງງານ) ຫຼັງຈາກການຊ່ອນຕົວ ແລະ ການກຽມການຮວມພະລັງທັງດ້ານຈິດທຳ ແລະ ການເມືອງ ກ່ອນສົງຄາມໃຫຍ່.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

विराटपर्वणिin the Virāṭa-parvan

वैवाहिकपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan concerning the marriage

उत्तराविवाहप्रस्तावेin the episode/introduction of Uttarā's marriage

एकसप्ततितमःseventy-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Virāṭa Parva

Vaivāhika-parvan (marriage section)

Uttarā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights dharma in social life: marriage is treated as a regulated, ethically significant institution that forges legitimate bonds and stabilizes polity and lineage, especially after periods of hardship and concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a chapter-ending/section-heading formula indicating that the text is entering (or marking) the context for Uttarā’s marriage within the Virāṭa Parva’s marriage-related portion.