Shloka 194

Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Reconciliation and Partition (भीष्मोपदेशः—संधि-राज्यविभागविचारः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपरव॑के अन्तर्गत वैवाहिकपर्वमें वेदव्यायके आगमनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparva-ke antargata vaivāhikaparva-meṃ vedavyāsa-ke āgamana-se sambandha rakhanevālā ekaśata caturānnavetām adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

So endet das hundertvierundneunzigste Kapitel des Ādi Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Vaivāhika Parva, das die Begebenheit im Zusammenhang mit der Ankunft Vedavyāsas behandelt. Die Erzählung setzt hier einen feierlichen Schlusspunkt und kündigt den Übergang zum weiteren Gang der Ereignisse sowie die Fortdauer der heiligen Geschichte an.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi Parva (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

वैवाहिकपर्वमेंin the Vaivahika-parva (marriage section)

वेदव्यासस्यof Vedavyasa

आगमनात्from (the) arrival

सम्बन्धम्connection/relation

रखणवालाhaving/keeping (connected with)

एकone

शतhundred

चतुराशीतिःeighty-four

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Vaivāhika Parva

Vedavyāsa (Vyāsa)

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?

This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes orderly transmission of sacred narrative—chapters are formally closed to preserve textual integrity and to mark transitions, underscoring the authority of the tradition associated with Vyāsa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the chapter connected with Vedavyāsa’s arrival, situated within the Vaivāhika Parva of the Ādi Parva, has ended; it is a structural marker rather than a new plot event.