Shloka 62
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
सावित्रं वामदेव्यं च वैन्योपाख्यानमेव च । जामदग्न्यमुपाख्यानं पर्व षघोडशराजिकम्,इसके पश्चात् यानसन्धि तथा भगवदयानपर्व है, इसीमें मातलिका उपाख्यान, गालव- चरित, सावित्र, वामदेव तथा वैन्य-उपाख्यान, जामदग्न्य और षोडशराजिक-उपाख्यान आते हैं
sāvitraṃ vāmadevyaṃ ca vainyopākhyānam eva ca | jāmadagnyam upākhyānaṃ parva ṣoḍaśarājikam ||
त्यानंतर सावित्र, वामदेव्य व वैन्य-उपाख्यान; तसेच जामदग्न्य-उपाख्यान आणि षोडशराजिक नावाचे पर्व येते.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily teaches how the Mahābhārata transmits dharma through curated exempla: named episodes about sages and kings are arranged as ‘upākhyānas’ to illustrate ideals and failures of conduct, especially in matters of rulership, lineage-duty, and ethical decision-making.
A speaker is enumerating forthcoming or included sub-sections—Sāvitra, Vāmadevya, Vainya, Jāmadagnya, and Ṣoḍaśarājika—serving as a table-of-contents style listing that maps the internal organization of the text.