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Shloka 48

सर्पसत्रे ऋत्विजः सदस्याश्च — Officiants and Assembly at Janamejaya’s Serpent-Sacrifice

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि आस्तीकोत्पत्तौ अष्टचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi āstīkotpattau aṣṭacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Ādi Parvan, sa Āstīka Parvan, sa salaysay ng kapanganakan at pinagmulan ni Āstīka, nagwakas ang ika-48 kabanata. Ito ay isang kolofon na nagmamarka sa pagsasara ng isang yunit ng salaysay, inilalagay ang pangyayaring ito sa mas malawak na balangkas ng etika hinggil sa angkan, tungkulin, at mga bungang dulot ng panata at pag-aalitan na hahantong sa salaysay ng paghahandog na ukol sa mga ahas.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva
आदिपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआदिपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
आस्तीकपर्वणिin the Astika-parvan section
आस्तीकपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआस्तीकपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
आस्तीकोत्पत्तौin the birth/origin of Astika
आस्तीकोत्पत्तौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआस्तीक-उत्पत्ति
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
अष्टचत्वारिंशःforty-eighth
अष्टचत्वारिंशः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टचत्वारिंशत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

तक्षक उवाच

Ś
Śrī Mahābhārata
Ā
Ādi Parva
Ā
Āstīka Parva
Ā
Āstīka

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach through dialogue; it frames the episode’s ethical arc: origins and lineage matter in dharma-narratives, and the consequences of hostility and vows (central to the serpent-sacrifice cycle) are prepared through Āstīka’s birth story.

The text is closing the forty-eighth chapter of the Ādi Parva, specifically within the Āstīka Parva, at the point where the account of Āstīka’s origin/birth has been presented; it is a formal end-marker rather than spoken action.