Shloka 116

पाण्डोः प्रेतकार्य-सम्पादनम्

Pāṇḍu’s Funeral Rites and Public Mourning

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामवर्णणविषयक एक सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Ādiparvaṇi antargata-sambhava-parvaṇi Dhṛtarāṣṭra-putra-nāma-varṇana-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣoḍaśatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ một trăm mười sáu của Sambhava-parvan, thuộc Ādi-parvan trong Thánh sử Mahābhārata, đã kết thúc; chương này bàn về việc mô tả và liệt kê danh xưng các con trai của Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Lời kết đánh dấu sự khép lại trang trọng của phần này, nhấn mạnh việc ghi chép cẩn trọng về huyết hệ—nền tảng cho những hệ quả đạo lý và chính trị sẽ triển khai về sau trong thiên anh hùng ca.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: revered / auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आदि: beginning; first
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वके: in the section/part (parvan)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सम्भव: Sambhava (name of a parvan/section)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वमें: in the parvan/section
• पर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्र: of Dhritarashtra
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्र: sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नाम: of the names
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर्णण: of the description
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; having as its topic
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• षोडश: sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This colophon underscores the epic’s concern with lineage and accountability: naming and enumerating Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons frames later ethical and political outcomes, reminding readers that actions arise within inherited duties, rivalries, and responsibilities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the formal completion of a chapter in the Sambhava-parvan that focused on describing the names (and thereby the identity and scope) of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, closing that unit of narration before the story proceeds.