Shloka 128

धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः

Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें भीमसेनके लौटनेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ अद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-Ādiparvaṇi antargata-Sambhavaparvaṇi Bhīmasenasya lautanena sambandhaṃ rakhanevālā ekaśata-aṣṭāviṃśatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

So endet das hundertachtundzwanzigste Kapitel der Sambhava-Parva innerhalb der Ādi-Parva des verehrten Mahābhārata, das von Bhīmasenas Rückkehr handelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

भीमसेनस्यof Bhimasena

लौटनेनby/with the returning

सम्बन्धम्connection/relation

रखत्having/keeping

एकशताष्टाविंशतितमःone-hundred-and-twenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Bhīmasena

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon-like closing, it teaches attentiveness to narrative structure: episodes are completed and carried forward, encouraging reflection on how a hero’s actions (here, Bhīma’s return) fit into the unfolding moral and genealogical arc of the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) marks the end of a chapter in the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva, specifying that this chapter’s subject concerned Bhīmasena’s return.