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Shloka 144

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि जतुगृहपर्वणि वारणावतगमने चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत जदुगृहपर्वमें पाण्डवोंकी वारणावतयात्राविषयक एक सौ चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi jatugṛhapārvaṇi vāraṇāvatagamane catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter of the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the lac-house (Jatugṛha), describing the Pāṇḍavas’ journey to Vāraṇāvata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific 'Sri'

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugriha-parvan (lac-house episode section)

वारणावतगमनेin the going to Varanavata

चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःone hundred forty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jatugṛha-parvan (lac-house episode)

Vāraṇāvata

Pāṇḍavas

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?

The colophon closes a unit centered on covert harm and forced movement, underscoring an ethical contrast: dharma requires alertness and restraint, while adharma often operates through manipulation rather than open confrontation. It prepares the reader to see how endurance and prudence become necessary virtues when power is misused.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter colophon stating that the chapter dealing with the Pāṇḍavas’ journey to Vāraṇāvata, within the lac-house (Jatugṛha) episode of the Ādi Parva, has concluded.