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Shloka 145

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 146 — Brāhmaṇī’s counsel on grief, duty, and protection of children

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि भीमसेनयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhaparvaṇi bhīmasena-yudhiṣṭhira-saṃvāde pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «آدي بارفا»، في القسم المتعلّق بحادثة بيت اللكّ (جاتوغْرِها بارفا)، في الحوار بين بهيماسينا ويودهِشْثيرا، تنتهي الأدهيايا الخامسة والأربعون بعد المئة (145).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

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

भीमसेनयुधिष्ठिरसंवादेin the dialogue of Bhimasena and Yudhishthira

पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha Parva

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yudhiṣṭhira

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 line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it does not present a direct ethical injunction, but it situates the reader within the Jatugṛha episode and the Bhīma–Yudhiṣṭhira dialogue, where themes of prudence, protection of life, and dharmic strategy are developed in the surrounding narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse functions as an editorial/narrative closure: it announces that the chapter has concluded within the Ādi Parva, specifically in the lac-house (Jatugṛha) section, and that the preceding content belonged to the conversation between Bhīmasena and Yudhiṣṭhira.