Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि उत्तड़कोपाख्याने सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi uttaṅkopākhyāne saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Aśvamedhika Parva, dalam bahagian Anugītā, dalam episod (upākhyāna) mengenai Uttanka, berakhirlah bab kelima puluh tujuh.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आश्वमेधिकेin the Ashvamedhika (parva)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

अनुगीतापर्वणिin the Anugita sub-parva

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानेin the episode called (the tale of) Uttanka

सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Āśvamedhika Parva

Anugītā

Uttaṅka

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon. Its function is to authenticate and locate the text—marking the end of the chapter and indicating that the surrounding material belongs to the Anugītā section and specifically to the Uttaṅka episode within the Aśvamedhika Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals a structural boundary: the fifty-seventh chapter of the Uttaṅka-related episode in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva has concluded.