Shloka 88

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें अश्वमेधयज्ञका आरम्भविषयक अठासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi aśvamedha-yajñasya ārambha-viṣayaka aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼ਵਮੇਧਿਕ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਤर्गत ਅਨੁਗੀਤਾ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸ਼ਵਮੇਧ ਯੱਗ ਦੇ ਆਰੰਭ-ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਅਠਾਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered, auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आश्वमेधिक: pertaining to the Ashvamedha
• आश्वमेधिक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वके: in the parva/section
• पर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीता: Anugita
• अनुगीता: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: sub-section (parvan)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अश्वमेध: of the Ashvamedha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यज्ञ: sacrifice, ritual
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आरम्भ: beginning, commencement
• आरम्भ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning, about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अठासी: eighty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अठासी
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became (was completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parva
• Aśvamedha yajña