Shloka 126
आदि पर्व (अध्याय १२७) — रङ्गे कर्णस्य अवमानः, दुर्योधनस्य प्रतिपक्ष-निवृत्तिः, मैत्री-स्थापनम् / Ādi Parva (Chapter 127) — Karṇa’s Public Humiliation, Duryodhana’s Intervention, and the Formation of Alliance
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि पाण्डुदाहे षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi pāṇḍudāhe ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth chapter of the Sambhava section within the Ādi Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, in the episode concerning the burning (funeral rites) of Pāṇḍu.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line primarily marks textual closure rather than giving a direct moral injunction; indirectly, by naming the episode of Pāṇḍu’s funeral fire, it situates the narrative within themes of mortality, duty toward the dead, and the transition of responsibility to the next generation.
This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter concludes within the Ādi Parva’s Sambhava section, specifically in the episode dealing with Pāṇḍu’s burning/cremation (funeral rites).