Shloka 174

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि अस्त्रदर्शनसंकेते चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi astradarśanasaṅkete catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata pada Vana Parva (Kitab Hutan), dalam subbagian tentang perang melawan Nivātakavaca, pada bagian berjudul “Isyarat untuk Memperlihatkan Senjata,” berakhirlah bab ke-174.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the sub-parvan concerning the battle with the Nivātakavacas

अस्त्रदर्शनसंकेतेin the section titled 'Astra-darśana-saṅketa' (indication/heading of the showing of weapons)

चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and seventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavacas

Nivātakavaca-yuddha-parva

Astra-darśana-saṅketa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

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 how the Mahābhārata organizes its narrative into parvas, sub-sections, and chapter counts, emphasizing careful textual framing and thematic indexing (here: weapons-display as a narrative signal within a war-episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally marks the conclusion of a chapter situated in Vana Parva, within the Nivātakavaca battle episode, under the heading ‘Astra-darśana-saṅketa’—a section associated with the indication or occasion for demonstrating celestial weapons.