Shloka 216

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपववके अन्तर्गत अर्जुनवनवासपर्वमें अर्जुनकी तीर्थयात्रासे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला दो सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate Ādiparvaṇi antar-gate Arjunavanavāsaparvaṇi Arjunasya tīrthayātrā-sambandhaṃ rakhanewālā dviśata-ṣoḍaśottara-adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.

Translation

ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਆਦਿ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਤਰਗਤ ਅਰਜੁਨ-ਵਨਵਾਸ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਦੀ ਤੀਰਥ-ਯਾਤਰਾ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ਦੋ ਸੌ ਸੋਲ੍ਹਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनवनवासपर्वणि: in the Arjuna-forest-exile Parva/section
• अर्जुनवनवासपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनवनवासपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थयात्रया: by/with the pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्बन्धं: connection/relation
• सम्बन्धं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रखणवाला: having/keeping (Hindi; not classical Sanskrit)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रख

• द्विशतषोडश: two-hundred-and-sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतषोडश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Arjuna
• Arjunavanavāsa Parva
• tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes orderly transmission of the epic and highlights tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) as a recognized dharmic practice connected with purification, merit, and disciplined self-cultivation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals the close of the 216th chapter in the Ādi Parva, specifying that the chapter’s content concerned Arjuna’s pilgrimage during the Arjuna-vanavāsa (exile/forest-dwelling) episode.