Shloka 224

खाण्डवदाहोत्तर-वरप्रदानम्

Boons after the Khāṇḍava Burning

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑ीके अन्तर्गत खाण्डवदाहपर्वमें गाण्डीवादिदानविषयक दो सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvaṇi antar-gata khāṇḍavadāha-parvaṇi gāṇḍīvādi-dāna-viṣayaka dviśata-caturviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఈ విధంగా శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వంలోని ఖాండవదాహపర్వంలో గాండీవాది దానవిషయక రెండువందల ఇరవై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

खाण्डवदाहपर्वणिin the Khāṇḍava-burning section

गाण्डीवादिदानविषयकconcerning the gift of the Gāṇḍīva etc.

द्विशतचतुर्विंशतितमःtwo-hundred twenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Khāṇḍavadāha Parva

Gāṇḍīva

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 line functions as a colophon: it teaches no new doctrine directly, but it models the epic’s careful organization—marking completion, preserving textual boundaries, and helping the listener/reader track the progression of themes and episodes.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the chapter dealing with the subject of the Gāṇḍīva and related gifts—within the Khāṇḍava-burning episode of the Ādi Parva—has concluded, preparing the text to move to the next chapter/segment.