Shloka 81

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि तीर्थयात्रापर्वणि पार्थनारदसंवादे एकाशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें युधिष्टिरनारदसंवादाविषयक इकक्‍्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi tīrthayātrāparvaṇi pārthanāradasaṃvāde ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവ്വത്തിനകത്തെ തീർത്ഥയാത്രാപർവ്വത്തിൽ, പാർഥ-നാരദസംവാദത്തിലുള്ള എൺപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirtha-yatra-parvan (Pilgrimage section)

पार्थनारदसंवादेin the dialogue of Partha and Narada

एकाशीतितमःthe eighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrtha-yātrā Parva

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: its function is to formally close the chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Parva, sub-parva, and dialogue context). The ethical frame implied is that pilgrimage narratives and sage-counsel are presented as vehicles for dharmic reflection.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-first chapter of the Tīrtha-yātrā section within Vana Parva, specifying that the chapter belonged to the dialogue between Pārtha (Arjuna) and the sage Nārada.