Shloka 252

Draupadī’s Identification of the Pāṇḍavas and the Onset of the Chariot Engagement (द्रौपदी-पाण्डव-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधनका नगरमें प्रवेशविषयक दो सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraśrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanasya nagare praveśaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-dvāpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertzweiundfünfzigste Kapitel des Ghoṣayātrā-Abschnitts innerhalb des Vana Parva der Mahābhārata, das Duryodhanas Einzug in die Stadt schildert.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (glorious) Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghosha-yatra sub-parva

दुर्योधनस्यof Duryodhana

नगरप्रवेशविषयकःconcerning the entry into the city

द्विशतद्विपञ्चाशत्तमःthe 252nd

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣayātrā Parvan

Duryodhana

nagara (city)

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 is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the completion of a chapter and frames the narrative as a coherent moral history, where actions—especially those driven by pride and hostility—are meant to be read with attention to their ethical consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals that the chapter dealing with Duryodhana’s entry into the city, within the Ghoṣayātrā section of the Vana Parva, has concluded.