Shloka 174

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि अम्बावाक्ये चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ambāvākye catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في المهابهارتا الموقَّرة، ضمن «أوديوغا بارفا»، في القسم المعروف بـ«أمبوپاكيانا» (خبر أمبا)، في الموضع الذي يضم كلمات أمبا، تنتهي «الفصل» الرابع والسبعون بعد المئة. وهذه خاتمةٌ نصّية (colophon) تُعلِم بانقضاء وحدةٍ سردية، وتُبرز الإطار الذي تُدرَج فيه شهادة أمبا داخل التوترات الأخلاقية والسياسية الأوسع في «أوديوغا بارفا».

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upakhyana section (sub-parvan)

अम्बावाक्येin (the chapter/section of) Amba's speech

चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred seventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambopākhyāna (episode of Ambā)

Ambā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the Ambā episode as a formally bounded testimony within the Mahābhārata. The ethical implication is that personal vows, past actions, and unresolved grievances are treated as serious moral forces that shape later conflict—hence the narrative’s careful textual demarcation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line signals the end of a chapter and the close of the Ambā-related sub-episode (Ambopākhyāna), specifically the portion presented as Ambā’s words. It functions as an editorial/recitational marker rather than spoken dialogue content.