Shloka 166

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

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Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि खड्गोत्पत्तिक थने षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi khaḍgotpattikathane ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Āpaddharma section—in the narrative concerning the origin of the sword, the one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth chapter comes to an end.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Apaddharma section (sub-parva)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• खड्गोत्पत्तिकथने: in the narration of the origin of the sword
• खड्गोत्पत्तिकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्गोत्पत्तिकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma (section)
• Sword (khaḍga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to locate the discourse within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma material and to name the chapter’s topic as the account of the sword’s origin.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it signals that the chapter dealing with the narration of how the sword came into being has concluded within the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva.