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

Así concluye el capítulo ciento setenta y dos de la sección de la Batalla contra los Nivātakavacas, dentro del Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, relativo al combate contra los Nivātakavacas. (Es un colofón que marca el cierre del capítulo, no un verso pronunciado.)

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत: of the revered Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वन-पर्व: of the Vana Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवातकवच-युद्ध-पर्व: in the Nivatakavacha-battle sub-parvan
• निवातकवच-युद्ध-पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवचयुद्धपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवातकवच-युद्ध-विषयक: concerning the battle with the Nivatakavachas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवातकवचयुद्धविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-सप्तति-तम: seventy-second (as an ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्य: having been completed
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nivātakavacas
• Nivātakavaca-yuddha (battle episode)

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.