Shloka 162

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि बकभीमसेनयुद्धे द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi bakabhīmasenayuddhe dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Ādi Parva, im Abschnitt Bakavadha-parva über die Tötung Bakas, in der Episode des Kampfes zwischen Baka und Bhīmasena, das hundertundzweiundsechzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बकवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Baka
• बकवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बकभीमसेनयुद्धे: in the battle between Baka and Bhīmasena
• बकभीमसेनयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकभीमसेनयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred sixty-second (chapter)
• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Baka
• Bhīmasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when force is used, dharma is served when it is directed toward protecting the helpless and restraining predatory harm; the colophon frames the episode as a morally significant act of safeguarding society.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter concludes within the Ādi Parva, in the Bakavadha episode, specifically the combat between Baka and Bhīmasena.