Shloka 120

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi vyuṣitāśvopākhyāne viṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے آدی پَرو کے سمبھَو پَرو میں، ویوشِتاشو اُپاخیان کے ضمن میں ایک سو بیسویں باب کا اختتام ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: in the venerable/auspicious (work)
• श्री: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Vyushitashva
• व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युषिताश्व-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विंशति-अधिक-शततमः: one hundred and twentieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंशति + अधिक + शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parvan
• Vyuṣitāśva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to authenticate and organize the transmission of the epic by marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger moral-historical framework (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parvan → Vyuṣitāśva episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces the completion of the 120th chapter of the Sambhava section in the Ādi Parva, specifically within the Vyuṣitāśva episode, and prepares the reader for the next chapter.