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Shloka 207

अर्जुनस्य तीर्थयात्रा तथा मणलूर-सम्बन्धः

Arjuna’s Pilgrimage and the Maṇalūra Alliance

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरनारदसंवादे सप्ताधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi vidurāgamanarājyalambhaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhira-nārada-saṃvāde saptādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي «الفصل السابع بعد المئتين» في «الأدي بارفا» من «شري المهابهارتا»، ضمن القسم المتعلّق بقدوم فيدورا ونيل المملكة، في حوار يودهيشثيرا مع نارادا.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on Vidura's arrival and the obtaining of the kingdom

युधिष्ठिरनारदसंवादेin the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Nārada

सप्ताधिकhaving seven more; plus seven

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Vidura

Yudhiṣṭhira

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the larger narrative framework: it highlights themes of rightful kingship and the role of wise counsel (associated with Vidura and Nārada) in guiding a dharmic ruler like Yudhiṣṭhira.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding the chapter: it states that the 207th chapter ends here, within the Ādi Parva, in the subsection about Vidura’s arrival and the gaining of the kingdom, during the conversation between Yudhiṣṭhira and the sage Nārada.