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Shloka 85

Āśramadharma and the Marks of the Muni

Yayāti–Aṣṭaka Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने पूर्वयायातसमाप्तौ पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne pūrvayayātasamāptau pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปัรวะ ตอนสัมภวปัรวะ ในอุปาขยานว่าด้วยพระยายาติ ส่วนต้นแห่งเรื่องพระยายาติได้สิ้นสุดลง; ณ ที่นี้จบบทที่แปดสิบห้า

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

ययात्युपाख्यानेin the tale (upākhyāna) of Yayāti

पूर्वयायातसमाप्तौat the completion of the earlier Yayāti (episode/section)

पञ्चाशीतितमःeighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Yayāti

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized into nested units (parva → sub-parva/section → upākhyāna → adhyāya). Such markers encourage readers to treat each completed narrative unit as a coherent lesson—often ethical or political—before moving on.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals a formal chapter ending: within the Yayāti episode, the ‘earlier portion’ has concluded, and the text closes the eighty-fifth chapter. It functions as a transition point before the story continues in the next chapter.