Shloka 232

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि मयदर्शनपर्वणि शार्कहकोपाख्याने द्वात्रिंशयदधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārkakopākhyāne dvātriṃśayad-hikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-232 kabanata ng Ādi Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa bahaging tinatawag na “Mayadarśana Parva,” sa salaysay na kilala bilang “Yugto ni Śārkaka.”

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मयदर्शनपर्वणि: in the Mayadarshana section
• मयदर्शनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयदर्शनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शार्कहकोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the tale of) Śārṅkhaka
• शार्कहकोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्कहकोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वात्रिंशयत्: thirty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; plus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Mayadarśana Parva
• Śārkaka (upākhyāna/episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s nested structure (parva, sub-parva/section, and embedded tale). Its lesson is primarily textual: it preserves transmission accuracy and contextual placement rather than presenting a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration pauses to formally close the chapter, identifying it as Chapter 232 of the Ādi Parva, within the Mayadarśana section, specifically in the embedded ‘Śārkaka’ episode.