Shloka 33

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 33: Vāsuki’s Council on Averting the Sarpa-satra

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे त्रयस्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

อิติ ศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปัรวะ อาสตีกปัรวะ ตอนสौปรรณะ (Sauparṇa) บทที่สามสิบสาม จบ

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Astika Parva
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौपर्णे: in the Sauparna (section/episode)
• सौपर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयस्त्रिंशः: thirty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Āstīka Parva
• Sauparṇa (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to mark completion and preserve textual organization, reminding readers that episodes are embedded within a larger moral and narrative architecture.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes; the text signals that the thirty-third adhyāya of the Sauparṇa portion in the Āstīka Parva of the Ādi Parva has ended.