Shloka 120

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi vyuṣitāśvopākhyāne viṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《神圣摩诃婆罗多》阿底篇·生起分中“毗尤悉多阿湿婆”之章，第一百二十章终。

Word by Word

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

• श्री: in the venerable/auspicious (work)
• श्री: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Vyushitashva
• व्युषिताश्वोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युषिताश्व-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विंशति-अधिक-शततमः: one hundred and twentieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंशति + अधिक + 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 Parvan
• Vyuṣitāśva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to authenticate and organize the transmission of the epic by marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the larger moral-historical framework (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parvan → Vyuṣitāśva episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces the completion of the 120th chapter of the Sambhava section in the Ādi Parva, specifically within the Vyuṣitāśva episode, and prepares the reader for the next chapter.