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Shloka 191

Kuntī’s Benediction to Draupadī and the Alliance Gifts (कुन्त्याः स्नुषाशीर्-वचनम् तथा दान-प्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि स्वयंवरपर्वणि धृष्टट्युम्नप्रत्यागमने एकनवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत स्वयंवरपर्वमें धृष्ट्युग्नका प्रत्यागमनविषयक एक सौ इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi svayaṃvaraparvaṇi dhṛṣṭadyumnapratyāgamane ekanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Assim, no venerável Mahābhārata, dentro do Ādi Parva e na seção do Svayaṃvara, conclui-se o centésimo nonagésimo primeiro capítulo, acerca do retorno de Dhṛṣṭadyumna.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (work)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

स्वयंवरपर्वणिin the Svayaṃvara-parvan

धृष्टद्युम्नप्रत्यागमनेin (the section on) the return of Dhṛṣṭadyumna

एकनवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Svayaṃvara-parvan

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Vaiśampāyana

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?

This passage is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic frames events within ordered textual units (parva/adhyāya) and signals completion. Indirectly, by locating the episode in the Svayaṃvara context, it underscores the dharmic importance of socially sanctioned rites and alliances in shaping political and ethical outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

The line announces the conclusion of the chapter in Ādi Parva’s Svayaṃvara section, specifically the chapter themed around Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s return. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure marker rather than advancing the plot with new action.