Shloka 102

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपरववके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें विचित्रवीर्यका निधनविषयक एक सौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-ādiparvaṇi antar-gata-sambhava-parvaṇi vicitravīrya-nidhana-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي السورةُ—أي الفصلُ—الثاني بعد المئة من قسم «سَمْبهافا» ضمن «آدي بارفا» من «الشري مهابهاراتا» المقدّسة، في شأن وفاة الملك فيتشترَفيريا (Vicitravīrya). وهذه الخاتمةُ (الكولوفون) تُعلن انتقالاً في سرد النَّسَب، وتُبيّن كيف يغدو انقطاعُ تعاقب المُلك منعطفاً حاسماً أخلاقياً وسلالياً لما سيأتي بعده.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीvenerable, auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आदिbeginning; first

पर्वणःof the Parva (book/section)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

सम्भवin the Sambhava (section)

पर्वणिin the Parva/section

विचित्रवीर्यof Vichitravirya

निधनdeath

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

द्वितीयsecond

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Vicitravīrya

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?

As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches how Itihāsa frames moral history through dynastic continuity: the death of a king is not merely personal tragedy but a structural rupture that raises questions of rightful succession, responsibility, and the preservation of the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of a chapter in the Sambhava Parva that treats the demise of King Vicitravīrya. This formal ending indicates the close of that episode and prepares the text to move into the consequences for the Kuru lineage.