Shloka 162

वसिष्ठ-प्रशंसा

Vasiṣṭha as Purohita: Ascetic Mastery and Royal Counsel

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत बकवधपर्वमें बकायुर और भीमयेनका युद्धविषयक एक सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antaragate bakavadhaparvaṇi bakāyura-bhīmayenayoḥ yuddhaviṣayakaḥ ekaśatadvāṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا يختتم الفصل الثاني والستون بعد المئة من «الأدي بارفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن قسم «بكَوَذَه-بارفا»، واصفًا قتال بكايورا وبهيمَيِنا.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

बकवधपर्वणिin the Bakavadha-parvan (episode of slaying Baka)

बकायुःBakayu (name)

चand

भीमसेनस्यof Bhimasena

युद्धविषयकःconcerning the battle

एकशतद्विषष्टितमःone hundred sixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Bakavadhaparva

Bakāyura (Baka)

Bhīmayena (Bhīma)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse primarily signals completion, but it frames the episode’s ethical thrust: a kṣatriya-like duty to protect vulnerable people by confronting predatory, adharma-driven violence. The conclusion underscores that force, when directed to end oppression and restore safety, can function as a dharmic remedy.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement for the chapter describing the combat between Bakāyura (Baka) and Bhīma within the Bakavadha episode of the Ādi Parva. It announces that the chapter dealing with their battle has ended.