Shloka 117

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि पाण्डुमृगशापे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi pāṇḍumṛgaśāpe saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଦିପର୍ବର ସମ୍ଭବପର୍ବରେ ପାଣ୍ଡୁଙ୍କ ମୃଗବଧଜନିତ ଶାପ-ବିଷୟକ ଏକଶେ ସତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava-parvan

पाण्डुमृगशापेin (the section on) the curse of the pale deer (Pāṇḍu's deer-curse episode)

सप्तदशाधिकशततमःone hundred and seventeenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Pāṇḍu

Mṛga (deer)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the ethical principle that actions—especially violent or impulsive ones—carry consequences. For a ruler, lack of discernment (failing to judge context and propriety) can become a moral fault that rebounds upon oneself and one’s lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the Adhyāya concludes within Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parva, and that its subject is the curse connected with Pāṇḍu and the deer—an episode that becomes pivotal for the future course of the Kuru dynasty.