Shloka 232

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदश्शनपर्वमें शा्ड्ुकोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-ādiparvaṇi antargate mayadarśana-parvaṇi śāṇḍilyopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-dvātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertzweiunddreißigste Kapitel über die Śāṇḍilya-Erzählung innerhalb des Mayadarśana-Abschnitts der Ādi-Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

मयदर्शनपर्वणिin the Maya-darshana-parvan

शाण्डिल्योपाख्यानविषयकconcerning the Shandilya-upakhyana

द्विशतद्वात्रिंशत्तमःtwo-hundred-and-thirty-second

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana-parvan

Śāṇḍilya (upākhyāna)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches attentiveness to the epic’s organization and oral transmission, marking the completion of an episode so its ethical message can be retained before moving on.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals that the Śāṇḍilya-related episode within the Mayadarśana section has concluded, specifically identifying it as the 232nd chapter and closing that narrative unit.