Shloka 178

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वण्यौर्ववारणे अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇy aurvavāraṇe aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثامن والسبعون بعد المئة من «آدي بَرْفَه» في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن قسم «تشيتْرَرَثَه»، في خبر «أورفا» (Aurva).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Caitraratha-parvan

और्ववारणेin (the section called) Aurva-vāraṇa

अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha-parvan

Aurva

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, not a teaching verse: it signals the formal end of a chapter and situates it within the epic’s internal divisions (Parva/section and episode-title). Its value is primarily textual—showing how the Mahābhārata is organized and transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs here. The text is closing the chapter, indicating that the preceding content belonged to the Caitraratha section and the episode connected with the sage Aurva, and that this was chapter 178 in that counting.