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Shloka 151

बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि हिडिम्बवधपर्वणि भीमहिडिम्बासंवादे एकपज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi hiḍimbavadhaparvaṇi bhīma-hiḍimbā-saṃvāde ekapañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva, im Abschnitt über die Tötung Hiḍimbas, im Gespräch zwischen Bhīma und Hiḍimbā, das einhunderteinundfünfzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

हिडिम्बवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Hiḍimba

भीमहिडिम्बासंवादेin the dialogue between Bhīma and Hiḍimbā

एकपञ्चाशत्fifty-one

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Hiḍimba

Hiḍimbā

Bhīmasena

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical arc of the episode: confronting predatory violence (Hiḍimba) to safeguard others, while also acknowledging relational and social complexities introduced through Hiḍimbā’s interaction with Bhīma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the closing marker of the chapter, identifying that the text has concluded the chapter within the Hiḍimba-slaying section and specifically within the Bhīma–Hiḍimbā dialogue portion of the Ādi Parva.