Shloka 139

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि कणिकवाक्ये एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi kaṇikavākye ekonacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》阿底篇之《三生篇》中，名为“迦尼迦之谏”的一章告终，此为第一百三十九章。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• कणिकवाक्ये: in the section 'Kanika's speech'
• कणिकवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कणिकवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनचत्वारिंशत्: one less than forty (i.e., thirty-nine)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: more; in excess
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: the hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Sambhava Parva
• Kaṇika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse; it signals the completion of the chapter titled “Kaṇika’s Counsel,” framing the preceding material as counsel/statecraft within the larger epic’s structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the end of the chapter and locates it within the Mahābhārata’s hierarchy (Ādi Parva → Sambhava Parva → Kaṇika’s discourse), serving as an editorial/structural closure rather than advancing the plot.