Shloka 172

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي في «المهابهارتا» الشريفة، في «بارفا الأوديُوغا»، ضمن القسم الموسوم «إحصاء مقاتلي العربات ومقاتلي العربات العظام»، الفصلُ الثاني والسبعون بعد المئة. وهذا خاتمةٌ رسمية (كولوفون) تُعلن انقضاء خطاب الفصل.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: in the section called 'Enumeration of rathas and atirathas'
• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the 172nd
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna Parva
• Adhyāya (chapter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s parva and sub-parva structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the text formally closes the chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the section concerned with enumerating classes of warriors (rathas and atirathas).