Shloka 145

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत जदुगृहपर्वमें भीमसेन-युधिष्ठिर-संवादविषयक एक सौ पैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antaragate jātugṛhapārvaṇi bhīmasena-yudhiṣṭhira-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-paitālīśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento cuarenta y cinco del Ādi Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Jātugṛha Parva, relativo al diálogo entre Bhīmasena y Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

जतुगृहपर्वणिin the Jatugriha-parvan

भीमसेनयुधिष्ठिरसंवादविषयकःhaving as its subject the dialogue of Bhimasena and Yudhishthira

एकशतपञ्चचत्वारिंशत्तमःone hundred forty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Jātugṛha Parva

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not present a new doctrinal teaching; it frames the preceding material as a Bhīma–Yudhiṣṭhira deliberation within the Jātugṛha episode, implicitly highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical method: decisions under danger are weighed through dialogue, with dharma and prudence held in tension.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement indicating that the chapter focused on the conversation between Bhīmasena and Yudhiṣṭhira within the Jātugṛha Parva (the Lac House episode) has concluded.