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Shloka 159

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि आर्टिषेणयुधिष्ठटिरसंवादे एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi ārtiṣeṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el sagrado Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva, en la sección relativa a la batalla con el Yakṣa, en el diálogo entre Ārtiṣeṇa y Yudhiṣṭhira, concluye el capítulo ciento cincuenta y nueve (159).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

यक्षयुद्धपर्वणिin the Yakṣa-battle section

आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवादेin the dialogue of Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira

एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

आर्शिषिण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Yakṣa-yuddha Parva (section/episode)

Ārtiṣeṇa

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it identifies the textual location (Vana Parva), the episode (Yakṣa-yuddha), and the interlocutors (Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading of dharma-discourse within the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content is not advanced here; the line simply closes and labels the chapter, indicating that the preceding material belonged to the Yakṣa-related episode and took the form of a dialogue between Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira.