Shloka 166

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि खड्गोत्पत्तिक थने षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi khaḍgotpattikathane ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના આપદ્ધર્મપર્વમાં ખડ્ગોત્પત્તિના પ્રસંગમાં એકસો છ્યાસઠમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section (sub-parva)

खड्गोत्पत्तिकथनेin the narration of the origin of the sword

षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमःone hundred and sixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (section)

Sword (khaḍga)

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 (chapter-ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to locate the discourse within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma material and to name the chapter’s topic as the account of the sword’s origin.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it signals that the chapter dealing with the narration of how the sword came into being has concluded within the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva.