Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि पञ्चालदेशयात्रायां सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi pañcāladeśayātrāyāṃ saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصل السابع والستون بعد المئة (167) من «الأدي بارفا» في «شري مهابهاراتا»—ضمن قسم «تشايتْرَرَثا»—في شأن الرحلة إلى أرض «البانچالا» (Pañcāla). وهذه خاتمةٌ (كولوفون) تُثبت انقضاء الفصل وتُبيّن موضعه في بنية السرد الملحمي الكبرى.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha-parvan section

पञ्चालदेशयात्रायाम्in the journey to the Panchala country

सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha-parvan

Pañcāla-deśa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to preserve textual order and context—identifying the work, parva, sub-section, and the chapter count—supporting disciplined transmission and study.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action is not advanced here; the verse simply marks the conclusion of the chapter and locates it within the Ādi Parva’s Caitraratha section, specifically the episode/theme described as the journey to the Pañcāla region.