Shloka 113
आह्वानमन्त्रप्रयोगः — Kuntī’s Invocations and the Birth-Portents of the Pāṇḍavas
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि विदुरपरिणये त्रयोदशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें विदुरविवाहविषयक एक सौ तेरहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi vidurapariṇaye trayodaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva and specifically the Sambhava Parva, the one-hundred-and-thirteenth chapter—concerning the marriage of Vidura—comes to an end.” This closing colophon frames the narrative as part of a larger moral history, highlighting Vidura’s life-event as significant within the genealogy-and-origins section that grounds later ethical and political conflicts.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through a direct maxim; its ethical function is structural: it signals that Vidura’s marriage is treated as a meaningful episode within the origins narrative, preparing the reader to see later events through the lens of dharma, lineage, and rightful conduct.
The narrator’s voice marks the formal end of the chapter: it states that the 113th chapter of the Sambhava Parva (within the Ādi Parva) dealing with Vidura’s marriage has concluded.