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Shloka 236

Duryodhana’s Account of Gandharva Defeat and the Pandavas’ Intervention (दुर्योधनवर्णितो गन्धर्वसंग्रामः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रखेदवाक्ये षट्त्रिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रके खेदयुक्त वचनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला दो सौ छत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrakhedavākye ṣaṭtriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārata vanaparva ke antargata ghoṣayātrāparva meṃ dhṛtarāṣṭra ke kheda-yukta vacana se sambandha rakhanevālā do sau chattīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva—specifically the Ghoṣa-yātrā section—ends the two-hundred-and-thirty-sixth chapter, connected with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief-laden words.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan (Cattle-raid/expedition section)

धृतराष्ट्रखेदवाक्येin (the section titled) ‘Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sorrowful words’

षट्त्रिंशत्thirty-six

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣayātrā Parvan

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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?

Even a king’s authority cannot shield him from sorrow born of attachment and partiality; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief underscores the ethical burden of choices and the long shadow they cast within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: it formally closes the 236th chapter of the Ghoṣa-yātrā section within Vana Parva, identifying the chapter’s linkage to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief-filled speech.