Shloka 114
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें गान्धारीपुत्रोत्पत्तिविषयक एक सौ चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi gāndhārīputrotpatti-viṣayaka ekaśata-caturdaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Ainsi s’achève le cent quatorzième chapitre de la section Sambhava, au sein de l’Ādi Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata, traitant de la naissance des fils de Gāndhārī. La formule de clôture marque l’achèvement d’une unité narrative et signale l’organisation minutieuse des lignées et de la causalité, éléments fondateurs des tensions éthiques qui se déploieront plus tard.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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This is a colophon-style closing that emphasizes the Mahābhārata’s concern with origins and lineage. By formally concluding a chapter on Gāndhārī’s progeny, it underlines how family lines and their beginnings become the groundwork for later moral conflict and responsibility.
The narrator signals that the chapter has ended: the 114th chapter within the Sambhava portion of the Ādi Parva, focused on the birth of Gāndhārī’s sons, is complete. It functions as a structural marker rather than a new plot event.