Shloka 128

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि भीमप्रत्यागमने अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi bhīmapratyāgamane aṣṭāviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील सम्भवपर्वात भीमाच्या प्रत्यागमन-प्रसंगातील अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततम (१२८वा) अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

भीमप्रत्यागमनेin (the section on) Bhima's return

अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and twenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Bhīma

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-documents its internal organization—parva, sub-parva, and chapter—so that the narrative can be accurately located, transmitted, and referenced.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action is not advanced here; the text is formally closing the chapter and identifying it as part of the Sambhava section of the Ādi Parva, specifically connected with the episode of Bhīma’s return.