Shloka 140

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 141: Bhīma–Hiḍimba Confrontation and Protective Discourse

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि दुर्योधनेष्यायां चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत जदुय॒ृहपर्वमें दुर्योधनकी ईष्याविषयक एक सौ चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhapārvaṇi duryodhaneṣyāyāṃ catvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «آدي بَرْفَا»، فقرة «جاتوغْرِهَا بَرْفَا» (بيت اللاك)، الفصل المئة والأربعون، في شأن غيرة دوريوذانا.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugriha-parvan (lac-house episode section)

दुर्योधनेष्यायाम्in (the topic of) Duryodhana's jealousy

चत्वारिंशत्forty

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha (lac-house episode)

Duryodhana

Īrṣyā (jealousy/envy)

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?

The colophon frames the episode as an ethical case-study: īrṣyā (jealous envy) in a ruler or heir corrodes dharma, distorts judgment, and becomes a seed of large-scale harm. By naming Duryodhana’s jealousy as the chapter’s focus, it highlights envy as a principal inner cause behind outward political violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken verse-content but a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter has ended within the Ādi Parva, in the Jatugṛha (lac-house) sub-episode, and characterizes the chapter’s theme as Duryodhana’s jealousy.