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Shloka 150

बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्

Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि भीमजलाहरणे पजञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhapārvaṇi bhīmajalāharaṇe pañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Ādi Parva—im Abschnitt über die Episode des Lackhauses—das hundertfünfzigste Kapitel, dessen Thema Bhīmas Schöpfen von Wasser ist. Dieses Kolophon markiert den Abschluss einer Erzähleinheit und verortet die Begebenheit im größeren ethischen Bogen: die Bedrohung der Pāṇḍavas, ihre Wachsamkeit und ihr Überleben inmitten von Trug.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan (first book)

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugṛha-parvan (lac-house section)

भीमजलाहरणेin (the episode of) Bhīma's fetching of water

पञ्चाशत्fifty

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha (lac-house)

Bhīma

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 line primarily teaches how the epic self-organizes: it signals closure of a chapter and anchors the reader in the ethical storyline—where steadfastness and alertness are necessary to uphold dharma when faced with covert hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken verse of action but an editorial/narrative closing formula: it states that the chapter ends here, within the Ādi Parva’s lac-house (jatugṛha) sequence, specifically the chapter themed around Bhīma’s act of drawing/fetching water.