Shloka 251

Draupadī-apaharaṇa-saṃdeśaḥ

Report of Draupadī’s Abduction and the Pāṇḍavas’ Pursuit

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशनविषयक दो सौ इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhana-prāyopaveśana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-eka-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں مقدّس مہابھارت کے ون پَرو کے تحت، گھوش یاترا پَرو میں، دُریودھن کے پرایوپویش (موت تک روزہ) کے عزم سے متعلق دو سو اکیاونواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• घोषयात्रापर्वणि: in the Ghoṣa-yātrā-parvan
• घोषयात्रापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषयात्रापर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशनविषयकः: concerning Duryodhana's fast-unto-death (prāyopaveśa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधनप्रायोपवेशनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशतैकपञ्चाशत्तमः: two-hundred-and-fifty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतैकपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed, concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Ghoṣayātrā Parvan
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon points to an ethical hinge in the story: when ego and wounded honor drive a ruler toward self-harm (prāyopaveśa), true dharma is tested through restraint, right counsel, and responsibility rather than impulsive extremes.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending notice stating that the 251st chapter of the Ghoṣayātrā episode within Vana Parva is complete, and that its subject is Duryodhana’s intention to undertake prāyopaveśa (fasting unto death).