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Shloka 231

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि मयदर्शनपर्वणि शार्इ्कोपाख्याने एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें शा्ड्कोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārṅkopākhyāne ekatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm ba mươi mốt của Ādi Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần gọi là Mayadarśana Parvan, trong tiểu truyện mang tên Śārṅka Upākhyāna. Với điều này, chương ấy được khép lại.” (Đây là lời kết chương, không phải câu thơ tự sự.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

मयदर्शनपर्वणिin the Mayadarśana-parvan

शार्ङ्गोपाख्यानेin the Śārṅga-upākhyāna (episode)

एकत्रिंशत्thirty-one

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Mayadarśana Parvan

Śārṅka Upākhyāna

Vaiśampāyana

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?

This line primarily functions as a colophon: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized into parvas, sub-sections, and embedded narratives, emphasizing careful preservation and transmission of the text rather than presenting a direct ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the formal conclusion of the chapter: the Śārṅka sub-episode within the Mayadarśana section of the Ādi Parva is brought to a close, and the chapter count (231) is stated.