Shloka 229

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें जरिताविलापविषयक दो सौ उन्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-Ādiparvaṇi antargate Mayadarśana-parvaṇi Jaritā-vilāpa-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-unnatiśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo doscientos veintinueve del Śrī Mahābhārata, en el Ādi Parva, dentro de la sección Mayadarśana, relativo al lamento de Jaritā.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

मयदर्शनपर्वणिin the Mayadarshana-parvan

जरिताविलापविषयकconcerning Jarita's lament

द्विशतtwo-hundred

एकोनत्रिंशत्तमःtwo-hundred twenty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana Parva

Jaritā

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 verse chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the preceding episode as one centered on lamentation—inviting reflection on how sorrow and attachment test one’s dharma and how right action is sought amid distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana concludes the chapter, stating that the 229th adhyāya of Ādi Parva (within the Mayadarśana section) has ended, and that its topic was Jaritā’s lament.