Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें ब्राह्मगकथाविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-ādiparvaṇi antargata-caitraratha-parvaṇi brāhmaṇa-kathā-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-fourth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Ādi Parva, within the Caitraratha sub-section, dealing with the narrative concerning a brāhmaṇa. The recitation marks a formal closure of this unit, reminding the listener that the epic’s moral instruction proceeds chapter by chapter through framed storytelling.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: in the Chaitraratha Parva
• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणकथाविषयकः: pertaining to the story of the Brahmana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मणकथाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतचतुःषष्टितमः: one hundred sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतचतुःषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parva
• brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it teaches attentiveness to the epic’s structured transmission—stories are delivered in ordered chapters and sub-parvas, and each unit is formally closed to preserve clarity and authority in recitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals that the chapter has concluded: the 164th chapter (within the Caitraratha Parva of the Ādi Parva) dealing with a brāhmaṇa-related story is finished, and the text is ready to proceed to the next section.