Shloka 69

Brahmāstra-pratisaṃhāraḥ, Parīkṣit-nāmakaraṇam, Nagarotsava-varṇanam

Withdrawal of the Brahmāstra; Naming of Parīkṣit; Description of Civic Festivities

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि परिक्षित्संजीवने एकोनसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi parikṣit-saṃjīvane ekona-saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅਸ਼ਵਮੇਧਿਕ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਅਨੁਗੀਤਾ-ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਰિક્ષਿਤ ਦੇ ਸੰਜੀਵਨ-ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਉਨਹੱਤਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Ashvamedhika (parva)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita sub-parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परिक्षित्संजीवने: in (the topic of) the reviving of Parikshit
• परिक्षित्संजीवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षित्संजीवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनसप्ततितमः: sixty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-seventy)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Parīkṣit

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse chiefly signals closure and frames the preceding episode as dharmically significant: after catastrophic violence, the safeguarding and restoration of life—especially the heir Parīkṣit—represents the re-establishment of moral and dynastic continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending formula stating that the sixty-ninth chapter of the Aśvamedhika Parva (within the Anugītā section) has concluded, specifically the portion dealing with Parīkṣit’s being restored to life.