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Shloka 106

गान्धारीपुत्रोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of Gāndhārī’s Hundred Sons (and Yuyutsu); Omens and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि अणीमाण्डव्योपाख्याने षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi aṇīmāṇḍavyopākhyāne ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva — genauer im Sambhava Parva — hier die Erzählung von Aṇīmāṇḍavya; damit ist das hundertsechste Kapitel abgeschlossen.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीsplendor; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

अणीमाण्डव्योपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of Aṇīmāṇḍavya

षडधिकशततमःone hundred and sixteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Aṇīmāṇḍavya (Aṇīmāṇḍavya Upākhyāna)

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?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it marks the completion of the Aṇīmāṇḍavya episode, reminding the reader that narratives of dharma are organized into parvans and chapters, and that ethical inquiry—especially about justice and right judgment—has been brought to a formal close before the text proceeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing line for the Aṇīmāṇḍavya Upākhyāna within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, indicating that the chapter count has reached 106 and the episode has concluded.