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Shloka 136

Jatugṛha-dāhānantara-vṛttāntaḥ

Aftermath of the Lac House Fire

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि अस्त्रदर्शने षट्त्रिंयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi astradarśane ṣaṭtriṃśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im verehrten Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva, im Abschnitt Sambhava, das hundertsechsunddreißigste Kapitel, genannt „Die Schau der Waffen“.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan section

अस्त्रदर्शनेin (the episode/chapter called) ‘Weapon-Showing’

षट्त्रिंशत्thirty-six

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Astradarśana (Display of Weapons)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, emphasizing textual order and preservation: the epic is carefully organized by parva and adhyāya, and the theme “Display of Weapons” signals the ethical weight of martial knowledge—power is acknowledged as a subject requiring context and responsible framing.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new action occurs here; it is a formal closing statement marking the end of the chapter titled “Astradarśana” within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.