Shloka 80

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

पर्व चाश्रमवासाख्य॑ पुत्रदर्शनमेव च । नारदागमनं पर्व ततः: परमिहोच्यते,इसके बाद आश्रमवासिक, पुत्रदर्शन और तदनन्तर नारदागमनपर्व कहे गये हैं

Transliteration

parva cāśramavāsākhyaṁ putradarśanam eva ca | nāradāgamanaṁ parva tataḥ param ihochyate ||

Translation

Sinabi niya: “Sumunod ang bahaging tinatawag na ‘Āśramavāsa’; pagkatapos ay ang ‘Pagkakita sa Anak’; at pagkaraan niyon, ang ‘Pagdating ni Nārada’ ang ipinahahayag dito bilang kasunod na yugto.”

Word by Word

पर्वa section/episode (parvan)

चand

आश्रमवासाख्यम्called 'Āśramavāsa' (the forest-hermitage-dwelling episode)

पुत्रदर्शनम्seeing of the son(s)

एवindeed/just

चand

नारदागमनम्the coming/arrival of Nārada

पर्वthe parvan/episode

ततःthen/thereafter

परम्next/further

इहhere (in this work/context)

उच्यतेis said/is called

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic progression: withdrawal into āśrama-life (restraint and reflection), the emotionally and ethically charged recognition of one’s offspring/lineage, and finally instruction or course-correction that typically comes through a r̥ṣi like Nārada—suggesting that life’s transitions are best navigated through discipline, right remembrance, and wise counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a cataloguing line that announces upcoming parva-level episodes: an ‘Āśramavāsa’ section, a ‘Putradarśana’ (seeing the son) section, and then a ‘Nārada-āgamana’ (Nārada’s arrival) section, indicating the sequence of topics to be narrated next.