Shloka 109

पाण्डोः तपः-प्रसङ्गः, ऋण-धर्मः, अपत्य-प्राप्ति-चिन्ता

Pāṇḍu’s Asceticism, the Doctrine of Debts, and Deliberations on Progeny

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वनें धृतराष्ट्रविवाहविषयक एक सौ नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargataḥ sambhavaparvaṇe dhṛtarāṣṭravivāhaviṣayaka ekaśata navamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertneunte Kapitel der Sambhava-Parva, enthalten in der Ādi-Parva des ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, das die Vermählung Dhṛtarāṣṭras (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) zum Gegenstand hat. Dieses Schlusskolophon bezeugt den Abschluss einer Erzähleinheit und kündigt den Übergang zum nächsten Abschnitt der Darstellung von Geschlecht und Ursprung an.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parva section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

सम्भवपर्वणाby the Sambhava-parvan

धृतराष्ट्रविवाहविषयकम्concerning Dhritarashtra's marriage

एकशतनवम्one-hundred-and-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic is organized into parvas and adhyāyas, marking completion and guiding the reader through the narrative’s structured transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator indicates that the chapter concerning Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s marriage has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, signaling a transition to the next chapter/topic.