Shloka 96

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 97: Satyavatī’s appeal and Bhīṣma’s reaffirmation of satya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि महाभिषोपाख्याने षण्णवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi mahābhiṣopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील सम्भवपर्वात ‘महाभिषोपाख्यान’ या प्रसंगातील शहाण्णवावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava section (Sambhava-parvan)
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाभिषोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the story of) Mahabhisha
• महाभिषोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभिषोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षण्णवतितमः: the ninety-sixth
• षण्णवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षण्णवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Mahābhiṣa-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s internal structure; its lesson is primarily literary: it preserves textual organization and transmission rather than offering a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s chapter-ending formula concludes the ninety-sixth chapter of the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva, indicating that the portion associated with the Mahābhiṣa-related sub-narrative has reached a chapter boundary.