Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दमयन्ती-स्वयंवरविषयक सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-damayantī-svayaṁvara-viṣayakaḥ sattāvanavāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o quinquagésimo sétimo capítulo do Vana Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, acerca do svayaṃvara de Damayantī.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वनपर्व: the Forest Book (Vana Parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दमयन्ती: of Damayanti
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• स्वयंवर: of the svayamvara (self-choice ceremony)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्तावनवाँ: fifty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्तावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, 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/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Damayantī
• Svayaṃvara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to textual structure—chapters conclude with formal markers that preserve the integrity of transmission and signal a completed thematic unit (here, Damayantī’s svayaṃvara).

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker closes the chapter, stating that the section within the Vana Parva concerning Damayantī’s svayaṃvara has been completed.