Shloka 165

निवातकवचैः सह अर्जुनस्य रथयुद्धम्

Arjuna’s chariot engagement with the Nivātakavacas

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत निवातकक्चयुद्धपर्वमें अर्जुनसमागमविषयक एक सौ पैंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargataṃ nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi arjunasamāgamaviṣayaka ekaśata-paiṃsaṭhattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento sesenta y cinco del Mahābhārata, en el Vana Parva, dentro de la sección sobre la batalla contra los Nivātakavaca, relativo al tema del encuentro de Arjuna.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीglorious; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan (forest book)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the Nivātakavaca-battle sub-parvan

अर्जुनसमागमविषयकconcerning Arjuna's meeting

एकone

शतhundred

पञ्चfive

षष्टितमःsixty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavaca-yuddha Parva

Arjuna

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; its implicit lesson is structural and ethical: the epic frames martial success as part of a disciplined, dharma-oriented journey during exile, where encounters and alliances (such as Arjuna’s meeting) are narrated as meaningful steps within a larger righteous purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, signals that the 165th chapter—focused on Arjuna’s meeting and situated within the Nivātakavaca battle section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.