Shloka 114
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें गान्धारीपुत्रोत्पत्तिविषयक एक सौ चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi gāndhārīputrotpatti-viṣayaka ekaśata-caturdaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the one hundred and fourteenth chapter of the Sambhava section within the Ādi Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, dealing with the birth of Gāndhārī’s sons. The closing formula marks the completion of a narrative unit and signals the text’s careful ordering of lineage and causality—foundational elements for the ethical tensions that later unfold.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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This is a colophon-style closing that emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s concern with origins and lineage. By formally concluding a chapter on Gāndhārī’s progeny, it underlines how family lines and their beginnings become the groundwork for later moral conflict and responsibility.
The narrator signals that the chapter has ended: the 114th chapter within the Sambhava portion of the Ādi Parva, focused on the birth of Gāndhārī’s sons, is complete. It functions as a structural marker rather than a new plot event.