Shloka 166
भीष्मधृतराष्ट्रसंवादः — पाण्डवबलप्रशंसा
Bhishma–Dhritarashtra Dialogue: Appraisal of Pandava Strength
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वमें एक सौ छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi antar-gate rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi ekaśataṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
So endet das hundertsechsundsechzigste Kapitel des Udyoga Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Unterabschnitts namens „Rathātiratha-saṅkhyāna“ (Aufzählung der großen Wagenkrieger). Dies ist ein formaler Kolophon, der den Abschluss des Kapitels markiert, nicht ein von einer Figur gesprochener Lehrvers.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a teaching verse. Its function is to mark the completion of Adhyāya 166 and to locate it within the Udyoga Parva and the Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna sub-section, emphasizing the text’s organization around the impending war and its leading warriors.
The narrative pauses for a formal closure: the editor/tradition signals that the chapter has ended within the Udyoga Parva’s ‘Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna’ portion, which concerns identifying and classifying major chariot-warriors in the lead-up to the Kurukṣetra war.