Shloka 154
Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि हिडिम्बवधपर्वणि घटोत्कचोत्पत्तौ चतुष्पड्चाशदधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi hiḍimbavadhaparvaṇi ghaṭotkacotpattau catuṣpaṇcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนอาทิปัรวะ ในภาคว่าด้วยการปราบหิฑิมพะและการบังเกิดของฆโฏตกจะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยห้าสิบสี่จึงสิ้นสุดลง
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it also frames the preceding episode within dharma: the removal of a predatory threat (Hiḍimba) and the consequential birth of Ghaṭotkaca, reminding readers that actions in the epic generate enduring moral and narrative outcomes.
The chapter concludes. The text identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Ādi Parva), the sub-section (Hiḍimba’s slaying), and the topic thread (Ghaṭotkaca’s birth), and then states that this is the 154th chapter.