Shloka 129

धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि द्रोणस्य भार्गवादस्त्रप्राप्तौ ऊनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi droṇasya bhārgavād astraprāptau ūnatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Ādi-Parva — genauer der Sambhava-Parva — das hundertneunundzwanzigste Kapitel, das von Droṇas Erwerb der Waffen vom Bhārgava (Paraśurāma) handelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

द्रोणस्यof Drona

भार्गवof (the) Bhargava (Parashurama)

अस्त्रप्राप्तौin (the episode of) obtaining weapons

ऊनत्रिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-twenty-ninth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Droṇa

Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)

astra (divine weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a brief colophon points to a central Mahābhārata concern: extraordinary power (astras) is gained through disciplined learning and a teacher’s transmission, but its moral weight depends on the wielder’s dharma—how and why that power is later applied.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a chapter-ending colophon stating that, in the Ādi Parva’s Sambhava Parva, the chapter concludes on the topic of Droṇa receiving weapons (astras) from the Bhārgava, i.e., Paraśurāma.