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Shloka 109

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 103 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Gāndhārī Vivāha: Proposal, Consent, and the Vow

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपवके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमनें चित्रांगदोीपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata ādiparva-ke antargataṃ sambhavaparva-meṃ citrāṅgadopākhyāna-viṣayaka eka-śata eka-vāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

So endet das hunderterste Kapitel der Sambhava-Parva innerhalb der Ādi-Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, das die Begebenheit um Citrāṅgada behandelt. Dieses Schlusskolophon kennzeichnet die Vollendung einer Erzähleinheit, schließt den Abschnitt förmlich ab und weist auf den Übergang zum Folgenden hin.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

चित्राङ्गदोपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the episode (upākhyāna) of Citrāṅgada

एकone

शतhundred

एकविंशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

(गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Citrāṅgada (episode)

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized into parvas and adhyāyas, and it formally closes an episode (upākhyāna), emphasizing textual order and continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the plot directly; it is announcing that the chapter concerning the Citrāṅgada episode has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, preparing the reader for the next section.