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

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-seventy-second chapter in the Udyoga Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section titled “The Enumeration of Chariot-warriors and Great Chariot-warriors.” This is a formal colophon marking the close of the chapter’s discourse.

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).