Shloka 103

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें भीष्म-सत्यवती-संवादविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi bhīṣma-satyavatī-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertdritte Kapitel des Sambhava-Abschnitts innerhalb des Ādi Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Bhīṣma und Satyavatī zum Gegenstand hat. Die Schlussformel kennzeichnet den Abschluss dieser Episode und hebt das ethische Gewicht der Gelübde, die dynastische Verantwortung und die Prägung der Kuru-Linie durch prinzipientreue, doch kostspielige Entscheidungen hervor.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाthe great and glorious

भारतMahabharata

आदिपर्वकस्यof (the work) having the Ādi-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

भीष्मBhīṣma

सत्यवतीSatyavatī

संवादdialogue

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

त्रयःthree

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Bhīṣma

Satyavatī

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 chapter’s closure points back to the ethical tension explored in the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī dialogue: personal sacrifice and steadfast vows are portrayed as instruments for protecting dynastic continuity and social order, even when they demand severe renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style concluding line: Vaiśampāyana signals that the episode and chapter focused on the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī conversation within the Sambhava Parva (origins section) has ended.