Shloka 186

भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि अम्बातपस्यायां षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ambātapasyāyāṃ ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Udyoga Parva, in the section known as the “Ambā Episode,” in the sub-episode “Ambā’s Austerities,” ends the one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth chapter.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy 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

• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Amba-upākhyāna section
• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अम्बातपस्यायाम्: in (the chapter/section called) ‘Amba’s penance’
• अम्बातपस्यायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बातपस्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• षडशीत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred eighty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ambopākhyāna-parvan (Ambā episode)
• Ambā
• Ambā’s tapas (austerities)