Shloka 185

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि युद्धनिवृत्तौ पज्चाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत अग्बोपाख्यानपर्वमें युद्धानिवृत्तिविषयक एक सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi yuddhanivṛttau pañcāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Udyoga Parva, dans la section appelée Amba-upākhyāna, s’achève le cent quatre-vingt-cinquième chapitre, relatif à la cessation du combat.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upākhyāna section

युद्धनिवृत्तौin (the topic of) cessation of battle

पञ्चाशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Amba-upākhyāna (episode/section)

Yuddha-nivṛtti (cessation of battle)

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?

As a colophon, it does not teach through argument or story; it signals closure. The highlighted theme—yuddha-nivṛtti (cessation of battle)—implicitly values restraint and the possibility of stepping back from violence within the broader dharma-discourse of the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is an editorial/structural marker concluding the 185th chapter of the Udyoga Parva, within the Amba episode, noting that the chapter dealing with the topic of stopping the fight has ended.