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Shloka 167

भीष्मधृतराष्ट्रसंवादः — पाण्डवबलप्रशंसा

Bhishma–Dhritarashtra Dialogue: Appraisal of Pandava Strength

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So schließt sich im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Udyoga Parva, im Abschnitt „Aufzählung der Wagenkrieger und der großen Wagenkrieger“, das hundert siebenundsechzigste Kapitel. (Dies ist ein Kolophon, der das Ende des Kapitels vermerkt.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/holy (as honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Enumeration of rathas and atirathas'

सप्तseven

षष्टिsixty

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

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 not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon: it formally closes the chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s parva and sub-parva structure, emphasizing careful textual organization and the thematic frame of war-preparation and warrior classification.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text signals that the chapter has ended—specifically, the chapter within Udyoga Parva dealing with the enumeration/classification of chariot-warriors (ratha) and great chariot-warriors (atiratha).