Shloka 116
पाण्डोः प्रेतकार्य-सम्पादनम्
Pāṇḍu’s Funeral Rites and Public Mourning
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामवर्णणविषयक एक सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Ādiparvaṇi antargata-sambhava-parvaṇi Dhṛtarāṣṭra-putra-nāma-varṇana-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣoḍaśatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Ainsi s’achève le cent seizième chapitre du Sambhava-parvan, inclus dans l’Ādi-parvan du Mahābhārata sacré, consacré à la description et à l’énumération des noms des fils de Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Cette formule de clôture marque la fin solennelle de cette section, en soulignant la consignation minutieuse des lignées, fondement des conséquences morales et politiques qui se déploieront plus tard dans l’épopée.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This colophon underscores the epic’s concern with lineage and accountability: naming and enumerating Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons frames later ethical and political outcomes, reminding readers that actions arise within inherited duties, rivalries, and responsibilities.
Vaiśampāyana signals the formal completion of a chapter in the Sambhava-parvan that focused on describing the names (and thereby the identity and scope) of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, closing that unit of narration before the story proceeds.