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Shloka 131

अष्टौ श्लोकसहस्राणि अष्टौ श्लोकशतानि च । श्लोकाश्न चतुराशीतिर्मुनिनोक्ता महात्मना,महात्मा व्यास मुनिने इन दो सौ सत्ताईस (२२७) अध्यायोंमें आठ हजार आठ सौ चौरासी (८,८८४) श्लोक कहे हैं

aṣṭau ślokasahasrāṇi aṣṭau ślokaśatāni ca | ślokāś ca caturāśītir muninoktā mahātmanā ||

ရာမက ပြောသည်—«မဟာရသီက ဤစာတမ်းတွင် ရှလိုက ၈,၀၀၀ ပါရှိပြီး၊ ထို့အပြင် ၈၀၀ ထပ်တိုးကာ၊ ထို့နောက် ၈၄ ကို ထပ်မံပေါင်းထားသည်ဟု ကြေညာခဲ့သည်»။ အကြောင်းအရာအရ ဤစကားသည် ကော်လိုဖွန်ကဲ့သို့ ရေတွက်ဖော်ပြခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ဗျာသရသီက ထိန်းသိမ်းပေးထားသော မဟာဘာရတ၏ အကျယ်အဝန်းနှင့် အာဏာပိုင် ဆက်ခံပို့ဆောင်မှုကို ထင်ရှားစေသည်။

अष्टौeight (pairs of)
अष्टौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
श्लोकसहस्राणिthousands of verses
श्लोकसहस्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोकसहस्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अष्टौeight (pairs of)
अष्टौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
श्लोकशतानिhundreds of verses
श्लोकशतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोकशत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
श्लोकाःverses
श्लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चतुरशीतिḥeighty-four
चतुरशीतिḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचतुरशीति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मुनिनाby the sage
मुनिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उक्ताःspoken/uttered
उक्ताः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
महात्मनाby the great-souled one
महात्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

राम उवाच

R
Rāma
M
Muni (sage)
M
Mahātmā (the great-souled one)
V
Vyāsa (implied by the accompanying Hindi note)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the epic’s received authority and careful transmission by presenting a formal count of verses, a traditional way to mark completeness, authenticity, and the magnitude of the Mahābhārata as a sacred-historical text.

A speaker identified as Rāma cites a sage’s statement giving the number of verses in the work. It functions like a cataloging remark within the broader framing that introduces and situates the Mahābhārata’s composition and scope.