Shloka 230

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें शार्ड्यकोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antargate mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārḍyakopākhyānavishayaka dviśatatriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Так завершается двести тридцатая глава «Шри Махабхараты» в составе Ади-парвы, в разделе Майадаршана, посвящённая эпизоду о Шардьяке. Эта заключительная формула отмечает завершение данного повествовательного блока в передаче Вайшампаяны.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• आदि-पर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदि-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मय-दर्शन-पर्वणि: in the Mayadarshana Parva
• मय-दर्शन-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शार्ङ्गक-उपाख्यान-विषयकः: concerning the Sharngaka-episode
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-शत-त्रिंशत्तमः: two-hundred-thirtieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Mayadarśana Parva
• Śārḍyaka (upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the disciplined preservation of tradition—how a narrative is carefully segmented, attributed, and concluded within an authoritative transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana signals the completion of a chapter in the Ādi Parva, specifically the portion connected with Mayadarśana and the Śārḍyaka subsidiary tale, indicating a formal end to that chapter’s subject matter.