Shloka 122

Āstravidyā-Pradarśana: The Kuru Princes’ Public Demonstration of Arms (आस्त्रविद्या-प्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें पाण्डवोंकी उत्पत्तिविषयक एक सौ बाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparva-ke antargata sambhavaparva-me pāṇḍavānāṃ utpatti-viṣayaka ekaśata bāīsvāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

ఈ విధంగా శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వంలోని సంభవపర్వంలో పాండవుల ఉత్పత్తి విషయమైన నూట ఇరవై రెండవ అధ్యాయం ముగిసింది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

सम्भवपर्वणिin the Sambhava Parva

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

उत्पत्तिof the birth/origin

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

द्वाविंशतितमःtwenty-second (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Pāṇḍavas

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By formally concluding a chapter on the Pāṇḍavas’ origin, the text underscores that rightful lineage and the circumstances of birth are not mere history but a moral framework for later questions of legitimacy, duty, and succession.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon-like statement: Vaiśampāyana indicates that the chapter within the Sambhava Parva (part of the Ādi Parva) dealing with the Pāṇḍavas’ origin has been completed.