Shloka 174

पाण्डवानां पाञ्चालगमनम्

The Pāṇḍavas’ Journey toward Pāñcāla and News of the Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि वासिष्े विश्वामित्रपरा भवे चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi vāsiṣṭhe viśvāmitraparā bhave catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento setenta y cinco del Ādi Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección de Caitraratha, en el episodio relativo a Vasiṣṭha y Viśvāmitra. Este colofón final anuncia la culminación de una unidad narrativa que enmarca la tensión ética entre la autoridad espiritual y la ambición regia, y señala formalmente el paso a lo que sigue en el despliegue del poema épico.

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: in the Chaitraratha Parva
• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वासिष्ठे: in (the section) concerning Vasiṣṭha
• वासिष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासिष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विश्वामित्रपरा: having Viśvāmitra as the principal (topic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वामित्रपर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवे: in the episode/section (bhava)
• भवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुःसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and seventy-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parvan
• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra