Shloka 28

Garuḍa’s Assault on the Devas and the Fire-Barrier (अमृत-रक्षा-युद्धम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि आस्तीकपर्वणि सौपर्णे अष्टाविंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi āstīkaparvaṇi sauparṇe aṣṭāviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ hai mươi tám của phần Sauparṇa, thuộc tiểu thiên Āstīka trong Ādi Parvan của Mahābhārata tôn kính.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• आस्तीकपर्वणि: in the Astika section (parvan)
• आस्तीकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तीकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सौपर्णे: in the Sauparna (episode/section)
• सौपर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौपर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parvan
• Āstīka Parvan
• Sauparṇa (section)

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 internal structure; its purpose is organizational rather than doctrinal.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here; it simply announces the completion of the 28th chapter of the Sauparṇa portion within the Āstīka sub-parvan of the Ādi Parvan.