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Shloka 148

Kuntī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda on Atithi-dharma and Crisis Strategy (Ādi Parva 149)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि गड्जोत्तरणे अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhapārvaṇi gaḍjottaraṇe aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertachtundvierzigste Kapitel des Ādi Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata innerhalb des Jatugṛha-Abschnitts, im Unterabschnitt über die Überquerung der Gaṅgā (gaṅgottaraṇa).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan (first book)

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugṛha-parvan (section on the lac-house)

गड्जोत्तरणेin (the subsection called) 'Gadjo-uttaraṇa' (title/heading)

अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-forty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha (lac-house) episode

Gaḍjottaraṇa (sub-episode/title)

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 is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it signals the formal close of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s internal structure (parva, sub-parvan, and named sub-episode). Its value is primarily textual—helping readers track narrative units and transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit being closed belongs to the Jatugṛha (lac-house) episode in the Ādi Parva, specifically a sub-episode titled Gaḍjottaraṇa. The line functions as an editorial/recitational marker indicating that the 148th chapter has concluded.