Shloka 57

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka

Chapter 57

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि उत्तड़कोपाख्याने सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi uttaṅkopākhyāne saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ในอัศวเมธิกปรวะ ในอนุคีตาปรวะ ในอุปาขยานว่าด้วยอุตตังกะ บทที่ห้าสิบเจ็ด

Word by Word

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

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

• आश्वमेधिके: in the Ashvamedhika (parva)
• आश्वमेधिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्वमेधिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita sub-parva
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्तङ्कोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the tale of) Uttanka
• उत्तङ्कोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā
• Uttaṅka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon. Its function is to authenticate and locate the text—marking the end of the chapter and indicating that the surrounding material belongs to the Anugītā section and specifically to the Uttaṅka episode within the Aśvamedhika Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals a structural boundary: the fifty-seventh chapter of the Uttaṅka-related episode in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva has concluded.