Shloka 172
Amba’s Disclosure of Prior Choice (Śālva) and Appeal to Bhīṣma — Chapter 171
Devanagari script
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
Transliteration
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Translation
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के उद्योगपर्व के ‘रथ-अतिरथ-संख्यान’ नामक उपपर्व में एक सौ बहत्तरवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
Word by Word
इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan (Book of Effort)
उद्योगपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउद्योगपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणिin the section called 'Enumeration of rathas and atirathas'
रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe 172nd
द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विसप्तत्यधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī MahābhārataU
Udyoga ParvaR
Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna ParvaA
Adhyāya (chapter)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s parva and sub-parva structure.
The narrative pauses: the text formally closes the chapter in the Udyoga Parva, specifically within the section concerned with enumerating classes of warriors (rathas and atirathas).