Shloka 77

ययातिः शर्मिष्ठायाः ऋतुप्रार्थनां धर्मसंवादं च शृणोति

Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā: request in ṛtu and discourse on truth and dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သန့်ရှင်းမြတ်သော မဟာဘာရတ အာဒိပရဝ၏ သမ္ဘဝပရဝအတွင်းရှိ ယယာတိအဖြစ်အပျက်၌ အခန်း ခုနစ်ဆယ်ခုနှစ်မြောက် ပြီးဆုံးလေ၏။

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 Parva
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ययाति-उपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Yayati
• ययाति-उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययात्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Yayāti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Parva, sub-parva, and episode), emphasizing careful transmission, textual order, and the framing of moral narratives like Yayāti’s within a larger dharma-centered history.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of Adhyāya 77: the Yayāti episode (upākhyāna) within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva has reached a chapter boundary, and the reciter’s tradition signals the end of that chapter.