Shloka 136

Jatugṛha-dāhānantara-vṛttāntaḥ

Aftermath of the Lac House Fire

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि अस्त्रदर्शने षट्त्रिंयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi astradarśane ṣaṭtriṃśyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm ba mươi sáu của phần Sambhava thuộc Ādi Parva trong bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính, mang tên “Cuộc Trình Diễn Vũ Khí”.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• अस्त्रदर्शने: in (the episode/chapter called) ‘Weapon-Showing’
• अस्त्रदर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्त्रिंशत्: thirty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: 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 Parva
• Astradarśana (Display of Weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, emphasizing textual order and preservation: the epic is carefully organized by parva and adhyāya, and the theme “Display of Weapons” signals the ethical weight of martial knowledge—power is acknowledged as a subject requiring context and responsible framing.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new action occurs here; it is a formal closing statement marking the end of the chapter titled “Astradarśana” within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva.