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.
अशा प्रकारे पवित्र श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील सम्भवपर्वात धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रांच्या नामवर्णन-विषयक एकशे सोळावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।
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.