Shloka 233

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि द्रौपदीसत्यभामासंवादपर्वणि त्रयस्त्रिंशयदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रौपदीसत्यभामा-संवादपर्वमें दो सौ तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi draupadī-satyabhāmā-saṃvāda-parvaṇi trayastriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus ends the two-hundred and thirty-third chapter in the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section known as the Dialogue between Draupadī and Satyabhāmā.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

द्रौपदीसत्यभामासंवादपर्वणिin the section (parvan) of the dialogue between Draupadī and Satyabhāmā

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्thirty-three

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विtwo

शततमःtwo-hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Draupadī

Satyabhāmā

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 rather than a teaching verse: it signals the completion of a chapter and situates the preceding dialogue as a didactic exchange on dharma and conduct, especially from the perspective of Draupadī and Satyabhāmā.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) closes the chapter, identifying it as part of the Vana Parva and specifically within the Draupadī–Satyabhāmā dialogue section; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary marker.