Shloka 103

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें भीष्म-सत्यवती-संवादविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi bhīṣma-satyavatī-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے آدی پَرو کے ضمن میں سمبھَو پَرو کے اندر بھیشم–ستیہ وتی کے مکالمے سے متعلق ایک سو تیسواں باب مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहा: the great and glorious
• श्रीमहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमहा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Mahabharata
• भारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आदिपर्वकस्य: of (the work) having the Ādi-parvan
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदिपर्वक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भवपर्वणि: in the Sambhava-parvan
• सम्भवपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भवपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्म: Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound)

• सत्यवती: Satyavatī
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Stem (in compound)

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound)

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्रयः: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Satyavatī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s closure points back to the ethical tension explored in the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī dialogue: personal sacrifice and steadfast vows are portrayed as instruments for protecting dynastic continuity and social order, even when they demand severe renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style concluding line: Vaiśampāyana signals that the episode and chapter focused on the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī conversation within the Sambhava Parva (origins section) has ended.