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Shloka 190

Śikhaṇḍī-janma-nigūḍha-vṛtta (The concealed birth-account of Śikhaṇḍī) | शिखण्डी-जन्म-निगूढ-वृत्त

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि ट्रुपदप्रश्ने नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi drupadapraśne navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertneunzigste Kapitel des Udyoga Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts, der als die «Erzählung von Ambā» bekannt ist, in der Episode über Drupadas Nachfrage. Dies ist ein Kolophon, das den Abschluss des Kapitels kennzeichnet und die Erzählung in ihren weiteren ethischen Rahmen stellt: das Sich-Entfalten der Folgen von Gelübden, Pflicht (Dharma) und vergangenen Taten, die den kommenden Konflikt gestalten.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upākhyāna section

त्रुपदप्रश्नेin (the episode called) ‘Drupada’s question’

नवत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and ninetieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambā (Ambopākhyāna)

Drupada

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 verse itself does not teach a new doctrine; it frames the episode within the Mahābhārata’s moral architecture, reminding the reader that the coming war is shaped by earlier choices—especially vows, duty, and the long reach of karma highlighted in the Ambā narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it signals that the narration (attributed here to Bhīṣma) has reached the end of the specified adhyāya within the Udyoga Parva, in the Ambā-upākhyāna section, connected with Drupada’s inquiry.