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Shloka 171

Divyāstrāṇāṃ Pradarśana-nivāraṇa

Display of Divine Weapons and Its Prohibition

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि मायायुद्धे एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi māyāyuddhe ekasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «فانا بارفا»—وخاصة في القسم المتعلق بقتال النيفاتاكافَتشا، في حلقة «حرب الأوهام (المايا)»—يُختَتم الفصل الحادي والسبعون بعد المئة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Forest Book (Vana Parva)

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the sub-book concerning the battle with the Nivātakavacas

मायायुद्धेin the battle of illusions

एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventy-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavaca(s)

Māyāyuddha

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s internal divisions. Ethically, it frames the preceding narrative as part of a conflict where māyā (illusion, stratagem, deceptive appearances) plays a central role—highlighting that discernment and steadiness are required when truth is obscured by deceptive tactics.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not spoken dialogue but an editorial/recensional closing formula: it announces that the chapter has ended and identifies its placement—Vana Parva, within the Nivātakavaca battle section, in the episode termed ‘Māyāyuddha’ (war of illusions).