Shloka 116

Ādi Parva 117 — Pāṇḍu’s Obsequies, Escort of the Pāṇḍavas, and Reception at Nāgasāhvaya

Hastināpura

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामकथने षोडशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭraputranāmakathane ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva and specifically the Sambhava Parva, the chapter entitled “The narration of the names of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons”—the one hundred and sixteenth chapter. This colophon marks the completion of a unit of teaching: careful naming and the recording of lineage, set forth as a moral and historical frame for the conflicts to come.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quote marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava-parvan
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामकथने: in the narration of the names of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons
• धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षोडशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra