Shloka 67

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Sarvadamana’s Childhood and Śakuntalā’s Claim at Court

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑ीके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें अंशावतरणयमाप्तिविषयक सड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvaṇi antar-gata Sambhavaparvaṇi aṁśāvataraṇa-yamāpti-viṣayakaḥ saptāṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ sáu mươi bảy của Sambhava Parva, thuộc Ādi Parva của bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, đã kết thúc—nói về sự giáng hạ của các phần thần tính (những “phần” nhập thế) và sự hoàn tất của mạch truyện liên quan đến Yama. Lời kết (colophon) này đánh dấu sự khép lại của một đơn vị chủ đề, đồng thời đặt khung cho câu chuyện như một sự triển khai có chủ ý của trật tự vũ trụ và nhân quả đạo lý.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava-parvan
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अंशावतरणयमाप्तिविषयकः: concerning the descent of portions (incarnations) and the attainment of Yama
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंशावतरणयमाप्तिविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तषष्टितमः: sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Yama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how the epic frames events as ordered and purposeful: divine portions descend into the world and narrative episodes reach completion, underscoring moral causality and cosmic governance rather than random history.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker marks the formal end of the sixty-seventh chapter in the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva, indicating that the section concerning aṁśāvataraṇa (descent of portions) and the completion of the Yama-related account has concluded.