Shloka 165

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि पज्चषष्टयधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वमें एक सौ पैंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, in der Udyoga Parva, im Abschnitt „Aufzählung der Wagenkämpfer und der großen Wagenkämpfer“, das hundertfünfundsechzigste Kapitel. (Dies ist ein Kolophon zur Kennzeichnung des Kapitelendes, kein gesprochener Vers.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणिin the Rathātiratha-saṅkhyāna-parvan (section on counting chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors)

पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-sixty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna-parvan

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not teach a doctrine directly, but frames the narrative ethically by signaling that the chapter’s focus is the assessment of martial capacity (ratha/atiratha), a key element in responsible decision-making before war.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking closure: it states that the chapter has ended within Udyoga Parva, specifically in the sub-section dealing with the enumeration/classification of warriors.