Shloka 115
Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya
Hastināpura
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें दुःशलाकी उत्पत्तिसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Ādiparva-ke antargata Sambhava-parva-meṁ Duḥśalākī utpatti-se sambandha rakhanevālā eka-śata pañdrhavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā.
Thus concludes the one-hundred-and-fifteenth chapter of the Sambhava Parva within the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with the account connected to the birth of Duḥśalā.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily teaches textual structure: it closes a chapter and highlights the importance of lineage narratives in the Mahābhārata, where family origins and relationships become the groundwork for later moral choices, duties, and conflicts.
The text announces the completion of the 115th chapter in the Sambhava Parva (within Ādi Parva), specifying that the chapter concerned the account related to Duḥśalā’s birth, and it signals a transition to the next narrative segment.