Shloka 141
Hiḍimbā’s Petition, Conditional Union with Bhīma, and the Birth-Naming of Ghaṭotkaca (आदि पर्व, अध्याय १४३)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आदिपरववके अन्तर्गत जदुगृहपर्वमें दुर्योधनपरामर्शविषयक एक सौ इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparva ke antargata Jatugṛhapārva meṁ Duryodhana-parāmarśa-viṣayaka eka-śata-ikatālīsavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā.
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-first chapter of the Jatugṛha section within the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with Duryodhana’s counsel and deliberations. The closing note underscores the narrative’s ethical tension: secret plotting and manipulative advice stand in sharp contrast to the demands of dharma and transparent conduct.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when presented as ‘counsel,’ strategies rooted in deception and harm violate dharma; the epic frames such deliberations as ethically corrosive and socially destabilizing.
This line is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter has ended; it identifies the text as part of the Ādi Parva, within the Jatugṛha episode, and notes that the chapter’s subject concerns Duryodhana’s counsel/deliberations.