Shloka 108

पाण्डोः प्रव्रज्या-व्रतवर्णनम् | Pāṇḍu’s Resolve for Renunciation and Forest Discipline

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें पाण्डुराज्याभिषेकाविषयक एक सौ आठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi pāṇḍu-rājyābhiṣekaviṣayaka ekaśata-aṣṭamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertachte Kapitel des Sambhava-Abschnitts innerhalb des Ādi Parva der heiligen Mahābhārata, das von Pāṇḍus Königssalbung handelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

पाण्डुराज्याभिषेकाविषयकःconcerning Pandu's coronation to the kingdom

एकone

शतhundred

अष्टeight

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parvan

Pāṇḍu

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?

The colophon underscores the ideal that political authority should be grounded in dharma—validated by rightful succession and sanctified through proper consecration rites—rather than mere force or ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement (chapter-end colophon) announcing that the chapter focused on Pāṇḍu’s royal consecration within the Sambhava Parvan of the Ādi Parva has been completed.