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Shloka 182

द्रौपदी-प्राप्तिः, कुन्त्याः वाक्यप्रमादः, भ्रातृ-एक्यनिर्णयः

Draupadī’s Arrival, Kuntī’s Unintended Utterance, and the Decision for Fraternal Unity

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि धौम्यपुरोहितकरणे द्यशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi dhaumyapurohitakaraṇe dvy-aśīty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Ādi Parva, trong phần Caitraratha, về việc tấn phong Dhaumya làm vị tế sư (purohita) của gia tộc, chương thứ một trăm tám mươi hai (182) đến đây là kết thúc.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha sub-parvan

धौम्यपुरोहितकरणेin the section on appointing Dhaumya as family priest

द्व्यशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and eighty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha Parva

Dhaumya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon underscores the importance of establishing rightful priestly counsel (purohita) for a royal house, implying that governance and personal conduct are strengthened when aligned with ritual propriety and dharma-guided guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal chapter-ending colophon: it announces that the chapter dealing with the institution/appointment of Dhaumya as purohita has concluded within the Ādi Parva’s Caitraratha section.