Shloka 71

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते विराटपर्वणि वैवाहिकपर्वणि उत्तराविवाहप्रस्तावे एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate virāṭaparvaṇi vaivāhikaparvaṇi uttarāvivāhaprastāve ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం విరాటపర్వంలోని వైవాహికపర్వంలో ఉత్తరావివాహ-ప్రస్తావప్రసంగమున ఏకసప్తతితమోఽధ్యాయము.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विराटपर्वणि: in the Virāṭa-parvan
• विराटपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वैवाहिकपर्वणि: in the (sub-)parvan concerning the marriage
• वैवाहिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवाहिकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्तराविवाहप्रस्तावे: in the episode/introduction of Uttarā's marriage
• उत्तराविवाहप्रस्तावे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तराविवाहप्रस्ताव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Virāṭa Parva
• Vaivāhika-parvan (marriage section)
• Uttarā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights dharma in social life: marriage is treated as a regulated, ethically significant institution that forges legitimate bonds and stabilizes polity and lineage, especially after periods of hardship and concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a chapter-ending/section-heading formula indicating that the text is entering (or marking) the context for Uttarā’s marriage within the Virāṭa Parva’s marriage-related portion.