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Shloka 135

जतुगृहदाहः — The Burning of the Lac House and the Pāṇḍavas’ Concealed Escape

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि कर्णाभिषेके पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi karṇābhiṣeke pañcatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Ādi Parva—insbesondere des Sambhava Parva—das hundertfünfunddreißigste Kapitel, das von Karṇas Abhiṣeka (Salbung/Einsetzung) handelt. Dieses Schlusskolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss einer Erzähleinheit, die Karṇas Aufstieg im Rang und die ethischen Spannungen um Anerkennung, Legitimität und Ehre umrahmt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

कर्णाभिषेकेin (the section on) Karṇa's consecration/anointing

पञ्चत्रिंशत्thirty-five

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Karṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical arc of the preceding episode: how public recognition and social elevation (abhiṣeka) can intensify questions of dharma—identity, merit, loyalty, and the consequences of honor granted or withheld.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending marker stating that the chapter on Karṇa’s abhiṣeka (consecration/installation) has concluded within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.