Shloka 176

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि गन्धमादनप्रस्थाने षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi gandhamādanaprasthāne ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বত আজগৰপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত গন্ধমাদন-প্ৰস্থান বিষয়ক একশ ছিয়াত্তৰতম অধ্যায়।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva (Forest Book)

आजगरपर्वणिin the Ajagara episode/section

गन्धमादनप्रस्थानेin the setting-out to Gandhamadana

षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ājagara-parvan

Gandhamādana

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon (closing formula), not a teaching-verse; its function is to situate the episode within the Mahābhārata’s structure and to mark a transition. Indirectly, it reinforces the text’s ethical framing: episodes are presented as parts of a larger dharmic journey, where endurance and disciplined movement through exile lead to the next stage of responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the Ajagara-related episode within the Vana Parva is closed, and the narrative is oriented toward the Pāṇḍavas’ onward departure to Gandhamādana, preparing the reader for the next segment of the forest journey.