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Shloka 10131

Kuru Prosperity under Bhīṣma and the Succession of Pāṇḍu (कुरुराष्ट्रसमृद्धिः पाण्डुराज्यप्राप्तिश्च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि चित्राड़दोपाख्याने एकाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi citrāṅgadopākhyāne ekādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Ādi-Parva — genauer der Sambhava-Parva — die Begebenheit um Citrāṅgada; dies ist das hunderterste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

आदिin the beginning (i.e., Ādi)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

सम्भवin the Sambhava (section)

पर्वणिin the parvan/section

चित्राङ्गदin (the episode of) Citrāṅgada

उपाख्यानेin the sub-tale/episode

एकone

अधिकmore; additional

शतhundred

तमःthe -th (ordinal suffix: '...th')

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

(गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Citrāṅgada

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes textual structure and transmission—locating the story within the larger epic and marking the completion of a chapter and sub-narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the Citrāṅgada episode and formally concluding the 101st chapter within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.