Shloka 76

ययातिः शर्मिष्ठायाः ऋतुप्रार्थनां धर्मसंवादं च शृणोति

Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā: request in ṛtu and discourse on truth and dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें ययात्युपाख्यानविषयक छिह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvake antargataṃ Sambhavaparvaṇi Yayāty-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ bảy mươi bảy của Sambhava Parva thuộc Ādi Parva trong bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính—chương nói về giai thoại liên quan đến vua Yayāti. Người kể chuyện ghi dấu sự hoàn tất của đoạn này, báo hiệu sự chuyển sang mạch truyện về phả hệ và nguồn gốc, vốn dựng nên thế giới đạo lý của sử thi.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीrevered, auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

आदिbeginning; first

पर्वbook, section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

सम्भवSambhava (name of a sub-parva)

पर्वsection (parva)

मध्येin, within

ययातिYayati (proper name)

उपाख्यानepisode, tale

विषयकconcerning, relating to

षट्six

सप्ततिseventy

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted, finished

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Yayāti

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon: it teaches by structure rather than by a new moral maxim, emphasizing orderly transmission of tradition—episodes like Yayāti’s are presented as illustrative narratives within a larger genealogy-and-origins framework that supports ethical reflection across the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals that the seventy-seventh chapter—focused on the Yayāti episode—has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, marking the end of that chapter and preparing the listener for the next section.