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Shloka 190

Śikhaṇḍī-janma-nigūḍha-vṛtta (The concealed birth-account of Śikhaṇḍī) | शिखण्डी-जन्म-निगूढ-वृत्त

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि ट्रुपदप्रश्ने नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi drupadapraśne navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Así concluye el capítulo centésimo nonagésimo del Udyoga Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección conocida como el «Relato de Ambā», en el episodio relativo a la indagación de Drupada. Este es un colofón que señala el cierre del capítulo y sitúa la narración en su marco ético más amplio: el despliegue de las consecuencias de los votos, del deber (dharma) y de los actos pasados que dan forma al conflicto venidero.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan
उद्योगपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउद्योगपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upākhyāna section
अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बोपाख्यानपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
त्रुपदप्रश्नेin (the episode called) ‘Drupada’s question’
त्रुपदप्रश्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootत्रुपदप्रश्न
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नवत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and ninetieth
नवत्यधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनवत्यधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

M
Mahābhārata
U
Udyoga Parva
A
Ambā (Ambopākhyāna)
D
Drupada

Educational Q&A

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach a new doctrine; it frames the episode within the Mahābhārata’s moral architecture, reminding the reader that the coming war is shaped by earlier choices—especially vows, duty, and the long reach of karma highlighted in the Ambā narrative.

The text is closing a chapter: it signals that the narration (attributed here to Bhīṣma) has reached the end of the specified adhyāya within the Udyoga Parva, in the Ambā-upākhyāna section, connected with Drupada’s inquiry.