Shloka 156

Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि भीष्मसैनापत्ये षट्पञज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi sainyaniryāṇaparvaṇi bhīṣmasenāpatye ṣaṭpañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, in the section on the marching forth of the armies, in the episode concerning Bhīṣma’s appointment as commander-in-chief, ends the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth chapter.

Word by Word

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

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

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga-parvan
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि: in the (sub-)parvan called ‘Army-departure’
• सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्यनिर्याणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मसैनापत्ये: in (the section on) Bhīṣma’s generalship
• भीष्मसैनापत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मसैनापत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्पञ्चाशदधिकशततमः: one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्पञ्चाशदधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Sainyaniryāṇa Parva
• Bhīṣma