Mahabharata 1.46.46 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 46, Shloka 46

शृङ्गिशापः—तक्षककाश्यपसंवादः (Śṛṅgī’s Curse and the Takṣaka–Kāśyapa Dialogue)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि वासुकिजरत्कारुसमागमे षट्चत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi vāsuki-jaratkāru-samāgame ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ആദിപർവത്തിലെ ആസ്തീകപർവത്തിൽ വാസുകി–ജരത്കാരു സമാഗമം വർണ്ണിക്കുന്ന നാൽപ്പത്താറാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Āstīka-parvan
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वासुकिजरत्कारुसमागमे: in the meeting of Vāsuki and Jaratkāru
• वासुकिजरत्कारुसमागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि-जरत्कारु-समागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्चत्वारिंशः: forty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

तक्षक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Āstīka Parva
• Vāsuki
• Jaratkāru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though this line is a colophon rather than dialogue, it frames a key ethical concern of the Āstīka narrative: safeguarding lineage and fulfilling dharma through timely action, especially when vows, curses, and ancestral obligations place a community at risk.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of a chapter in the Āstīka section, specifically the episode concerning the meeting between Vāsuki (leader of the Nāgas) and the sage Jaratkāru—an encounter pivotal to arranging a marriage meant to avert a looming calamity for the Nāga lineage.