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Shloka 193

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 193 — Hastināpura Mantra: Duryodhana’s Proposals to Divide the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि वैवाहिकपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरादिपरीक्षणे त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi vaivāhikaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirādiparīkṣaṇe trinavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వములో వైవాహికపర్వమున యుధిష్ఠిరాదుల పరీక్షావిషయక నూర తొంభైమూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

वैवाहिकपर्वणिin the (section called) Vaivahika-parvan (marriage episode)

युधिष्ठिरादिपरीक्षणेin the examination/testing of Yudhishthira and others

त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-ninety-third (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Vaivāhika Parva

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding narrative as an episode of 'testing' (parīkṣā), implicitly highlighting the Mahābhārata’s ethical concern with examining character—especially dharmic steadiness—before major life transitions such as marriage and kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter: it identifies the larger book (Ādi Parva), the sub-section (Vaivāhika Parva), and the episode theme (the testing of Yudhiṣṭhira and the other brothers), and then states that this is the 193rd chapter.