Shloka 27

Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि व्यासागमने सप्तविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi vyāsāgamane saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Āśramavāsika Parva—cụ thể là phần nói về đời sống ẩn cư nơi rừng (āśrama)—chương thứ hai mươi bảy, kể về sự quang lâm của hiền thánh Vyāsa, đã kết thúc. Công thức kết này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị tự sự và báo hiệu sự chuyển sang phần tiếp theo của câu chuyện.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the parvan) called Āśramavāsika
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासपर्वणि: in the Āśramavāsa-parvan
• आश्रमवासपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमवासपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्यासागमने: in (the episode of) Vyāsa's arrival
• व्यासागमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यासागमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तविंशः: twenty-seventh
• सप्तविंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—marking the completion of a chapter and framing the narrative within the larger ethical arc of āśrama-life and withdrawal after worldly conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes with a formal ending statement identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), and the chapter’s theme (Vyāsa’s arrival), indicating a transition to the next chapter.