Shloka 115
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 116 — Pāṇḍu’s Transgression of the Curse and Mādrī’s Final Charge
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि दु:ःशलोत्पत्तौ पजञ्चदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi duḥśalotpattau pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Ādi Parva et plus précisément du Sambhava Parva, s’achève le cent quinzième chapitre, consacré à la naissance de Duḥśalā. Ce colophon marque la clôture d’une unité de récit, en situant la généalogie et les origines de personnages majeurs, dont les liens de sang et les obligations deviendront, plus tard, lourdement chargés d’enjeux éthiques à mesure que le conflit se déploiera.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames ethical history through origins and lineage. By carefully marking births and genealogies, the text prepares the reader to understand later duties (dharma), loyalties, and conflicts as rooted in family ties and inherited obligations.
The chapter ends. The colophon states that this is the 115th chapter within the Ādi Parva’s Sambhava Parva, and that its topic is the birth/origin of Duḥśalā, thereby closing that narrative segment and indexing it within the larger epic.