Shloka 98

Pātāla-varṇana (Nārada’s Description of the Netherworld) / पातालवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि भगवद्यानपर्वणि मातलिवरान्वेषणे अष्टनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalivarānveṣaṇe aṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-98 dalam Udyoga Parva Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam bahagian Bhagavad-yāna mengenai misi ketuhanan, khususnya kisah pencarian Mātali yang unggul. (Ini ialah kolofon penutup bab, bukan bait ajaran yang diucapkan.)

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (as part of title)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: in the Bhagavad-yāna-parvan
• भगवद्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवद्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: in the search for the excellent Mātali
• मातलिवरान्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलिवरान्वेषण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टनवतितमः: ninety-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टनवति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Bhagavad-yāna Parva (section)
• Mātali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a didactic verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location (Udyoga Parva), sub-section (Bhagavad-yāna), episode theme (search for Mātali), and the chapter number.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has concluded for this chapter; the text is formally closing the chapter associated with the episode described as the quest/search for Mātali within the Bhagavad-yāna section of the Udyoga Parva.