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Shloka 84

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

यथावत्‌ सूरपुत्रेण लौमहर्षणिना ततः । उक्तानि नैमिषारण्ये पर्वाण्यष्टादशैव तु,सूतवंशशिरोमणि लोमहर्षणके पुत्र उग्रश्रवाजीने व्यासजीकी रचना पूर्ण हो जानेपर नैमिषारप्यक्षेत्रमें इन्हीं सौ पर्वोको अठारह पर्वोके रूपमें सुव्यवस्थित करके ऋषियोंके सामने कहा

yathāvat sūraputreṇa laumaharṣaṇinā tataḥ | uktāni naimiṣāraṇye parvāṇy aṣṭādaśaiva tu ||

Pagkaraan nito, ayon sa wastong kaayusan, ang anak ng Sūta—si Lomaharṣaṇa—ay nagsalaysay sa gubat ng Naimiṣa ng labingwalong Parva (mga aklat) ng Mahābhārata. Ang diwa nito: nang matapos ang paglikha ni Vyāsa, ito’y inayos sa labingwalong bahagi at saka ipinasa at itinuro nang may disiplina at katapatan sa harap ng nagkakatipong mga pantas—na binibigyang-diin ang pananagutang moral na mapanatili at maituro nang tumpak ang banal na kasaysayan.

यथावत्duly, in proper order
यथावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथावत्
सूतपुत्रेणby the son of a sūta (charioteer-bard)
सूतपुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसूतपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
लौमहर्षणिनाby Lomaharṣaṇa
लौमहर्षणिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलौमहर्षणि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
उक्तानिwere spoken / said
उक्तानि:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Plural
नैमिषारण्येin Naimiṣa forest
नैमिषारण्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनैमिषारण्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पर्वाणिthe sections/books (parvans)
पर्वाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अष्टादशeighteen
अष्टादश:
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टादश
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तुbut/and (emphatic particle)
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु

राम उवाच

L
Lomaharṣaṇa (Laumaharṣaṇi)
S
Sūta (bard lineage)
N
Naimiṣāraṇya (Naimiṣa forest)
M
Mahābhārata Parvans (eighteen books)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the dharmic duty of faithful transmission: sacred history should be recited yathāvat—accurately, in proper order, and with integrity—so that the tradition remains reliable for learners and future generations.

The Sūta Lomaharṣaṇa is presented as reciting, in Naimiṣāraṇya, the Mahābhārata arranged into eighteen Parvans—setting the scene for the epic’s authoritative narration before an audience of sages.