Shloka 153
Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत हिडिग्बवधपर्वमें लिडिम्बायुरके वधसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला एक सौ तिरपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata hiḍimbavadhaparvame liḍimbāyurake vadhasa sambandha rakhanevālā ekaśatatirpaṇavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปรวะ ภายในหิฑิมพวธปรวะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยห้าสิบสาม อันเกี่ยวเนื่องด้วยการสังหารลิฑิมพายุรกะ ได้สิ้นสุดลง.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-ending colophon, the verse chiefly teaches how the epic frames violence ethically: the narrative unit is marked as complete after the elimination of a dangerous aggressor, implying that force is justified when it protects the vulnerable and restores order (dharma) rather than serving cruelty or ambition.
This line is not a spoken action-verse but a concluding notice: it declares that the 153rd chapter has ended, situated in the Ādi Parva under the Hiḍimba-slaying section, and that this chapter’s content was connected to the killing of Liḍimbāyuraka.