Shloka 134

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि अस्त्रदर्शने चतुस्त्रिंशदाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi astradarśane catuḥstriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-thirty-fourth chapter of the Sambhava section within the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the episode concerning the display of weapons.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

अस्त्रदर्शनेin (the section/chapter called) 'Weapon-Viewing/Display of weapons'

चतुस्त्रिंशत्thirty-four

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Astradarśana (episode/theme)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon (chapter-ending marker). Its primary function is not to teach a doctrine directly, but to frame the narrative responsibly: it signals closure, preserves textual order, and highlights that the preceding material belongs to the ‘weapon-display’ context—inviting readers to consider how knowledge of arms relates to duty and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s voice marks the end of a chapter within the Ādi Parva, specifically within the Sambhava Parva and the astradarśana episode. It indicates that the preceding narrative unit concerning the showing/revelation of weapons has concluded.