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Shloka 141

Hiḍimbā’s Account and the Bhīma–Hiḍimba Engagement (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४२)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि दुर्योधनपरामर्शे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhapārvaṇi duryodhanaparāmarśe ekacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva, im Abschnitt über die Begebenheit des Lackhauses (Jatugṛha), in dem Kapitel, das Duryodhanas Rat und Erwägung schildert, das einhunderteinundvierzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugṛha-parvan

दुर्योधनपरामर्शेin (the section called) 'Duryodhana's consultation/deliberation'

एकचत्वारिंशत्forty-one

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha (lac-house episode)

Duryodhana

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?

Even before open conflict begins, adharma often starts as private counsel shaped by envy and insecurity; when leaders normalize deceitful plotting, they erode moral order and invite ruin for themselves and their realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a chapter-ending colophon, identifying the text’s location: the Ādi Parva, the lac-house episode (Jatugṛha), specifically the chapter centered on Duryodhana’s consultation/deliberation.