Shloka 136
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपववके अन्तर्गत यम्भवपर्वमें अस्त्र- कौशलदर्शनविषयक एक सौ छत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antaragate sambhavaparvaṇi astrakauśaladarśanaviṣayaka ekaśataṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at tatlumpu’t anim na kabanata ng bahaging Sambhava sa loob ng Ādi Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, na tumatalakay sa pagpapamalas ng kasanayan sa mga sandata. Ang pangwakas na kolofon na ito’y hudyat ng pagtatapos ng isang yunit ng salaysay na nagtatampok ng pagsasanay at husay sa pakikidigma—mga kakayahang, sa balangkas-etika ng epiko, ay dapat sa huli’y mapasailalim sa dharma at hindi sa kapangyarihan lamang.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding material as a unit about weapon-skill. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical horizon, such prowess is significant only when restrained and directed by dharma—otherwise it becomes a cause of ruin.
The narrator marks the completion of a chapter in the Sambhava Parva (within the Ādi Parva) whose subject is the demonstration of proficiency in weapons, indicating a transition point in the text’s organization.