Shloka 131
Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata
Lākṣāgṛha Planning
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि द्रोणशिष्यपरीक्षायामेकत्रिंशदाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑ीके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वनें आचार्य द्रोणके द्वारा शिष्योंकी परीक्षासे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi droṇaśiṣyaparīkṣāyām ekatriṁśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』のアーディ・パルヴァ、ことにサンバヴァ・パルヴァにおいて、ドローナが弟子たちを試す次第を述べた第百三十一章は終わる。この結句は当該部分の完結を告げ、技のみならず規律と意図をも量る、人格と力量の形成的試練としてこの出来事を位置づける。やがてそれらが、叙事詩の道徳的・武的葛藤を形づくるのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through a direct maxim; it signals that the episode’s focus is the disciplined evaluation of students under a teacher. Implicitly, it highlights that learning—especially martial learning—requires scrutiny of skill, self-control, and purpose, qualities that later bear ethical consequences in the epic.
The text is concluding the chapter that narrates Droṇa’s examination of his disciples. It formally closes Adhyāya 131 within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, using the standard Mahābhārata ending formula.