Shloka 230

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें शार्ड्यकोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antargate mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārḍyakopākhyānavishayaka dviśatatriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertdreißigste Kapitel des Śrī Mahābhārata innerhalb des Ādi Parva, im Abschnitt Mayadarśana, das die Episode um Śārḍyaka behandelt. Diese Schlussformel kennzeichnet den Abschluss dieser Erzähleinheit in der Überlieferung Vaiśaṃpāyanas.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्री-महाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदि-पर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

मय-दर्शन-पर्वणिin the Mayadarshana Parva

शार्ङ्गक-उपाख्यान-विषयकःconcerning the Sharngaka-episode

द्वि-शत-त्रिंशत्तमःtwo-hundred-thirtieth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana Parva

Śārḍyaka (upākhyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the disciplined preservation of tradition—how a narrative is carefully segmented, attributed, and concluded within an authoritative transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana signals the completion of a chapter in the Ādi Parva, specifically the portion connected with Mayadarśana and the Śārḍyaka subsidiary tale, indicating a formal end to that chapter’s subject matter.