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.
Assim termina o centésimo décimo sexto capítulo do Sambhava-parvan, contido no Ādi-parvan do sagrado Mahābhārata, tratando da descrição e enumeração dos nomes dos filhos de Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Esta fórmula de encerramento assinala o fecho formal desta seção, enfatizando o registro cuidadoso da linhagem que sustentará, mais adiante, as consequências morais e políticas do épico.
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.