Shloka 231

Jarāsandha–Bhīma Niyuddha-prastāvaḥ

Commencement of the Regulated Duel

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि जरासंधवधपर्वणि कृष्णजरासंधसंवादे एकविंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi jarāsandhavadha-parvaṇi kṛṣṇa-jarāsandha-saṁvāde ekaviṁśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo vigésimo primero del Sabhā Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, en la sección sobre la muerte de Jarāsandha, dentro del diálogo entre Kṛṣṇa y Jarāsandha.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

सभापर्वणिin the Sabha-parvan (Book of the Assembly Hall)

जरासंधवधपर्वणिin the section/chapter on the slaying of Jarasandha

कृष्णजरासंधसंवादेin the dialogue between Krishna and Jarasandha

एकविंशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Sabhā Parva

Jarāsandha

Kṛṣṇa

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 itself teaches by framing: it signals that the preceding dialogue is to be read as a complete ethical unit—speech and reasoning (saṁvāda) guiding action in matters of kingship, justice, and the use of force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the twenty-first chapter has concluded, situated in Sabhā Parva, within the Jarāsandha-slaying episode, specifically the dialogue between Kṛṣṇa and Jarāsandha.