Shloka 139

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि कणिकवाक्ये एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi kaṇikavākye ekonacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva—specifically the Sambhava Parva—ends the chapter entitled “Kaṇika’s Counsel,” being the one hundred and thirty-ninth chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

कणिकवाक्येin the section 'Kanika's speech'

एकोनचत्वारिंशत्one less than forty (i.e., thirty-nine)

अधिकmore; in excess

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Kaṇika

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 line is a colophon, not a teaching verse; it signals the completion of the chapter titled “Kaṇika’s Counsel,” framing the preceding material as counsel/statecraft within the larger epic’s structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the end of the chapter and locates it within the Mahābhārata’s hierarchy (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parva → Kaṇika’s discourse), serving as an editorial/structural closure rather than advancing the plot.