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Shloka 177

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि पुनर्द्धतवनप्रवेशे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi punarddhatavanapraveśe saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصل الثامن والسبعون بعد المئة من «فَنَ پَرْوَ» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن القسم المعروف بحادثة «آجَگَرَ»، في شأن الدخول المتجدد إلى الغابة.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

आजगरपर्वणिin the Ājagara-parvan (Python episode)

पुनःagain

दृढfirm; resolute

वनप्रवेशेin the entering of the forest

सप्तseven

सप्तत्यधिकexceeding seventy (i.e., seventy-seven)

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ājagara-parvan (python episode)

Vaiśampāyana (as speaker in the colophon)

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 verse is a colophon rather than a didactic statement; its function is to mark closure and to locate the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s organized structure, reminding the reader that the narrative is transmitted within a disciplined textual and oral framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon states that this is the 178th chapter of the Vana Parva, within the Ājagara episode, and that it pertains to a renewed entry into the forest, serving as an editorial/narrative signpost.