Shloka 172

Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वमें निवातकवचयुद्धाविषयक एक सौ बहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-antargata-nivātakavaca-yuddha-parvaṇi nivātakavaca-yuddha-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-second chapter of the Nivātakavaca Battle section, within the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with the battle against the Nivātakavacas. (This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter, not a spoken verse.)

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहा-भारतof the revered Mahabharata

वन-पर्वof the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

निवातकवच-युद्ध-पर्वin the Nivatakavacha-battle sub-parvan

निवातकवच-युद्ध-विषयकconcerning the battle with the Nivatakavachas

एकone

शतhundred

द्वि-सप्तति-तमseventy-second (as an ordinal)

अध्यायchapter

पूर्यhaving been completed

अभवत्was/has become

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavacas

Nivātakavaca-yuddha (battle episode)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a didactic utterance. Its function is to signal textual closure and to identify the work (Śrī Mahābhārata), the parva (Vana Parva), and the episode (Nivātakavaca battle section).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit concerning the battle with the Nivātakavacas has reached the end of its chapter. The statement marks the completion of the 172nd chapter of that episode within Vana Parva.