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

至此，神圣《摩诃婆罗多》之《初篇》（Ādi-parvan）内《诞生篇》（Sambhava-parvan）第一百一十六章告终；本章所述，为持国王（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）诸子之名号的叙述与列举。此处的结语郑重封卷，强调对宗族世系的谨慎记载——而这正是史诗后续道德与政治因果展开的根基。

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीrevered / auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

आदिbeginning; first

पर्वकेin the section/part (parvan)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

सम्भवSambhava (name of a parvan/section)

पर्वमेंin the parvan/section

धृतराष्ट्रof Dhritarashtra

पुत्रsons

नामof the names

वर्णणof the description

विषयकconcerning; having as its topic

एकone

शतhundred

षोडशsixteenth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Sambhava Parva

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)

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 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.