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Shloka 198

विदुरस्य द्रुपदसमीपगमनम् — Vidura Conveys Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Message to Drupada

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि वैवाहिकपर्वणि अष्टनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय: ।। १९८ || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत वैवाहिकपर्वमें एक सौ अटद्ठानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi vaivāhikaparvaṇi aṣṭanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 198 ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Так, в “Шри Махабхарате”, в Ади-парване, в Вайвахика-парване, завершается сто девяносто восьмая глава».

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

वैवाहिकपर्वणिin the Vaivāhika-parvan (marriage section)

अष्टनवत्यधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-ninety-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parvan

Vaivāhika Parvan

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 is a colophon marking textual completion rather than a doctrinal verse; it emphasizes orderly transmission and preservation of the epic by clearly locating the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s parva structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s voice (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the 198th chapter of the Ādi Parvan, within the Vaivāhika section, has ended—serving as a formal closure and reference marker.