Shloka 245

मुद्गलोपाख्यानम् — व्रीहिद्रोणदानं, दुर्वाससः परीक्षा, स्वर्गगुणप्रश्नः

Mudgala Episode: Rice-measure Charity, Durvāsas’ Test, Inquiry on Heaven

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि गन्धर्वपराभवे पजञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi gandharvaparābhave pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के वनपर्व के घोषयात्रापर्व में गन्धर्वपराभव-प्रकरण का दो सौ पैंतालीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

घोषयात्रापर्वणिin the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan (Cattle-camp expedition section)

गन्धर्वपराभवेin (the episode of) the defeat by the Gandharvas

पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमःtwo-hundred-and-forty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan

Gandharvas

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 chapter-ending colophon, the line itself teaches indirectly by framing the episode: the ‘Gandharvas’ defeat’ within the Ghoṣa-yātrā context highlights how arrogance and coercive intent can be overturned, reinforcing the dharmic value of restraint and humility.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a narrative verse but a closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded and identifies its placement—Vana Parva, Ghoṣa-yātrā section, the episode concerning the Gandharvas’ defeat.