Shloka 207

Tīrtha-Sevana and the Cursed Apsaras

Grāha-Encounter at Saubhadra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वमें युधिष्ठिर-नारद- संवादविषयक दो सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparvake antargata Vidurāgamanarājyalambhaparvaṇi Yudhiṣṭhira-Nārada-saṃvāda-viṣayaka dviśata-saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet das zweihundertsiebte Kapitel des Ādi Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt „Viduras Ankunft und die Erlangung des Königreichs“, das den Dialog zwischen Yudhiṣṭhira und Nārada behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific prefix)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आदिbeginning; first

पर्वकेin the section/part (parvan)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वin the Parvan (section) concerning Vidura's arrival and the obtaining of the kingdom

युधिष्ठिरYudhishthira

नारदNarada

संवादdialogue; conversation

विषयकconcerning; relating to

द्विtwo

शतhundred

सप्तseven

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vidura

Śrīmahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Vidurāgamanarājyalambhaparvan

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 is a colophon rather than a teaching-verse: it frames the preceding material as a completed unit focused on Yudhiṣṭhira and Nārada’s dialogue, implicitly emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s didactic method—ethical instruction (dharma) conveyed through authoritative conversation and carefully segmented narrative structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: the 207th chapter (within Ādi Parva, under the sub-section concerning Vidura’s arrival and the attainment of the kingdom) has ended, and the narrative is poised to move to the next chapter or thematic unit.