Shloka 172

Amba’s Disclosure of Prior Choice (Śālva) and Appeal to Bhīṣma — Chapter 171

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertzweiundsiebzigste Kapitel im Udyoga-Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts «Die Aufzählung der Wagenkämpfer und der großen Wagenkämpfer». Dies ist ein formeller Kolophon, der den Abschluss der Darlegung des Kapitels kennzeichnet.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: in the section called 'Enumeration of rathas and atirathas'
• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the 172nd
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna Parva
• Adhyāya (chapter)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s parva and sub-parva structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses: the text formally closes the chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the section concerned with enumerating classes of warriors (rathas and atirathas).