Shloka 170

पराशरस्य राक्षससत्रनिवृत्तिः | Paraśara’s Rakṣasa-Satra and Its Cessation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें तपती-उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparva-ke antargata Caitrarathaparva-meṃ Tapatī-upākhyāna-viṣayaka eka-śata-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

So endet das hundertundsiebzigste Kapitel des Śrī Mahābhārata im Ādi Parva, innerhalb des Abschnitts Caitraratha, das die Begebenheit um Tapatī behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha-parvan

तपतीof Tapati

उपाख्यानविषयकconcerning the episode (upakhyana)

एकone

शतhundred

सप्ततितमःone hundred seventieth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

श्रीमहाभारत

आ

आदिपर्व

च

चैत्ररथपर्व

त

तपती (Tapatī)

Character Dynamics

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 line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches the reader how the epic is organized—by parva, sub-parva, and adhyāya—and signals the completion of the Tapatī episode within the Caitraratha section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally announces that the 170th chapter—centered on the Tapatī-upākhyāna—has concluded within Ādi Parva’s Caitraratha portion, preparing the transition to the next chapter or episode.