Shloka 159

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें आर्दिषेण-युधिष्ठिरसंवादविषयक एक सौ उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargataṁ yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi ārdiṣeṇa-yudhiṣṭhira-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-unasaṭtamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhūt

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-159 dari Vana Parva dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bagian Yakṣa-yuddha, yang memuat dialog antara Ārdiṣeṇa dan Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वकेin the Vana-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

यक्षयुद्धपर्वin the Yaksha-yuddha-parvan (episode)

आर्दिषेणof Ārdiṣeṇa

युधिष्ठिरof Yudhiṣṭhira

संवादin the dialogue

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

उनसठवाँfifty-ninth

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete; finished

हुआwas; became; got completed

Speaker

आर्शिषिण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Yakṣa-yuddha Parvan

Ārdiṣeṇa

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by signaling that the preceding material is a complete, framed dialogue episode (Ārdiṣeṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira) within the Yakṣa-yuddha context, inviting the reader to treat it as a coherent ethical-discursive unit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice marks the end of the chapter: the 159th adhyāya of the Vana Parva, situated in the Yakṣa-yuddha section, whose subject is the conversation between Ārdiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira.