Shloka 137

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि द्रुपदशासने सप्तत्रिंशदाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi drupadaśāsane saptatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva und insbesondere im Sambhava Parva, das Kapitel mit dem Titel „Drupadas Befehl“, das einhundertsiebenunddreißigste. Dieses Schlusskolophon kennzeichnet das Ende einer erzählerischen Einheit und rahmt die Begebenheit in die ethisch-politische Sphäre königlicher Gebote und ihrer Folgen ein.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

द्रुपदशासनेin (the section/chapter called) 'Drupada's command/instruction'

सप्तत्रिंशत्thirty-seven

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Drupada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, and it highlights the importance of śāsana (royal command) as a thematic frame—suggesting that political directives and their moral weight shape subsequent events.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the close of a chapter within the Sambhava Parva, titled “Drupada’s Command.” It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary, indicating that the preceding episode has concluded and the next chapter will begin a new segment.