Shloka 130
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
अध्यायानां शते द्वे तु संख्याते परमर्षिणा । सप्तविंशतिरथ्याया व्यासेनोत्तमतेजसा,परमर्षि एवं परम तेजस्वी महर्षि व्यासने इस पर्वमें दो सौ सत्ताईस (२२७) अध्यायोंकी रचना की है
adhyāyānāṁ śate dve tu saṅkhyāte paramarṣiṇā | saptaviṁśatir adhyāyā vyāsena uttama-tejasā ||
Binilang ng kataas-taasang rishi na ito’y dalawang daang kabanata; at si Vyāsa, ang rishing pinakamaningning, ay nagsulat pa ng dalawampu’t pitong dagdag na kabanata. Kaya ang bahaging ito’y inihaharap na may kabuuang dalawang daan at dalawampu’t pito (227) kabanata—pagpapatibay sa maingat na naingatang balangkas at sa awtoritatibong pagmamana ng teksto.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the importance of faithful preservation and authoritative transmission of sacred history: the Mahābhārata’s structure is not casual but carefully enumerated and attributed to revered sages, reinforcing trust in the tradition.
A speaker reports a formal reckoning of the work’s divisions: the chapters are counted as two hundred, with twenty-seven more composed by the illustrious Vyāsa—yielding a stated total of 227 chapters for the relevant section.