Shloka 117
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
पज्चेन्द्राणामुपाख्यानमत्रैवाद्धुतमुच्यते । द्रौपद्या देवविहितो विवाहश्नाप्यमानुष:,इसी वैवाहिकपर्वमें पाँच इन्द्रोंका अदभुत उपाख्यान और द्रौपदीके देवविहित तथा मनुष्य-परम्पराके विपरीत विवाहका वर्णन हुआ है
pañcendrāṇām upākhyānam atraivādbhūtam ucyate | draupadyā devavihito vivāhaś cāpy amānuṣaḥ ||
就在此处，叙述了“五位因陀罗”的奇异传说，也叙述了德罗帕蒂的婚姻——诸神所命，然而非同寻常，超出人间常规。在这场婚礼篇章中，文本既呈现一件挑战社会规范之事，又申明有更高的、由神意认可的秩序，并引人深思：法（Dharma）有时亦可借由非常而天启的安排得以维系。
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse signals that certain pivotal events—especially those that appear to violate ordinary custom—are to be understood through a higher framework of dharma grounded in divine ordinance and mythic precedent (the ‘wondrous’ upākhyāna). It prepares the reader to judge the episode not merely by social convention but by the text’s larger moral-cosmic rationale.
The narrator announces the contents of this section: a marvellous embedded tale concerning the ‘five Indras’ and the account of Draupadī’s marriage, described as divinely arranged and extraordinary (i.e., not following typical human marital convention).