Shloka 103

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें भीष्म-सत्यवती-संवादविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvake antargata-sambhavaparvaṇi bhīṣma-satyavatī-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》阿底篇之《生起篇》中，以毗湿摩与萨蒂娅伐蒂对话为主的第一百零三章告终。此结语标示本段叙事圆满收束，并凸显誓愿的伦理分量、王族的责任，以及以坚守原则却代价沉重的抉择塑造俱卢世系之进程。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहा: the great and glorious
• श्रीमहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमहा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Mahabharata
• भारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आदिपर्वकस्य: of (the work) having the Ādi-parvan
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदिपर्वक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भीष्म: Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound)

• सत्यवती: Satyavatī
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Stem (in compound)

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound)

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• त्रयः: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Satyavatī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s closure points back to the ethical tension explored in the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī dialogue: personal sacrifice and steadfast vows are portrayed as instruments for protecting dynastic continuity and social order, even when they demand severe renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style concluding line: Vaiśampāyana signals that the episode and chapter focused on the Bhīṣma–Satyavatī conversation within the Sambhava Parva (origins section) has ended.