Shloka 200
Sundopasundayoḥ Tapas–Varadāna–Prasaṅgaḥ
Sunda and Upasunda: Austerities and the Boon
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत विदुरागमन-राज्यलम्भपर्वमें दुर्योधनवाक्यविषयक दो सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargataṃ vidurāgamana-rājyalambha-parvaṇi duryodhana-vākya-viṣayaka dviśatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat
Thus ends the two-hundredth chapter of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the Ādi Parva, within the section on Vidura’s arrival and the attainment of kingship, concerning the words of Duryodhana.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames moral-political discourse by formally closing a unit focused on Duryodhana’s speech within a broader episode about Vidura and the question of sovereignty—reminding the reader that speeches and decisions are evaluated within the larger arc of dharma and statecraft.
The text is marking the completion of a chapter: it states that the two-hundredth chapter of the Ādi Parva—within the section titled around Vidura’s arrival and the attainment of kingship, and centered on Duryodhana’s words—has concluded.