Shloka 137

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि द्रुपदशासने सप्तत्रिंशदाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi drupadaśāsane saptatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva and specifically the Sambhava Parva, concludes the chapter entitled “The Command of Drupada,” being the one hundred and thirty-seventh chapter. This closing colophon marks the end of a narrative unit and frames the episode within the ethical and political sphere of royal injunctions and their consequences.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• द्रुपदशासने: in (the section/chapter called) 'Drupada's command/instruction'
• द्रुपदशासने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपदशासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्रिंशत्: thirty-seven
• सप्तत्रिंशत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (numeral)

• अधिक: additional; more
• अधिक: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular (used adjectivally in chapter-number compound)

• शततमः: hundredth
• शततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (ordinal)

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

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Drupada