Shloka 76

ययातिः शर्मिष्ठायाः ऋतुप्रार्थनां धर्मसंवादं च शृणोति

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें ययात्युपाख्यानविषयक छिह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvake antargataṃ Sambhavaparvaṇi Yayāty-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Так завершается семьдесят седьмая глава Самбхава-парвы в составе Ади-парвы почитаемой «Махабхараты» — глава, посвящённая сказанию о царе Яяти. Рассказчик отмечает окончание этого раздела, указывая на переход в повествовании о родословиях и истоках, которое обрамляет нравственный мир эпоса.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीrevered, auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

आदिbeginning; first

पर्वbook, section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

सम्भवSambhava (name of a sub-parva)

पर्वsection (parva)

मध्येin, within

ययातिYayati (proper name)

उपाख्यानepisode, tale

विषयकconcerning, relating to

षट्six

सप्ततिseventy

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted, finished

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Yayāti

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon: it teaches by structure rather than by a new moral maxim, emphasizing orderly transmission of tradition—episodes like Yayāti’s are presented as illustrative narratives within a larger genealogy-and-origins framework that supports ethical reflection across the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals that the seventy-seventh chapter—focused on the Yayāti episode—has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, marking the end of that chapter and preparing the listener for the next section.