Shloka 164

Kalmāṣapāda’s Encounter with Śakti and the Escalation of the Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra Feud (कल्माषपाद–शक्ति प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें ब्राह्मगकथाविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-ādiparvaṇi antargata-caitraratha-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-kathā-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertvierundsechzigste Kapitel des Mahābhārata im Ādi Parva, innerhalb des Unterabschnitts Caitraratha, das die Erzählung über einen Brahmanen behandelt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: in the Chaitraratha Parva
• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणकथाविषयकः: pertaining to the story of the Brahmana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मणकथाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतचतुःषष्टितमः: one hundred sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतचतुःषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parva
• brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to the epic’s structured transmission—stories are delivered in ordered chapters and sub-parvas, and each unit is formally closed to preserve clarity and authority in recitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the chapter has concluded: the 164th chapter (within the Caitraratha Parva of the Ādi Parva) dealing with a brāhmaṇa-related story is finished, and the text is ready to proceed to the next section.