Shloka 168

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि द्रौपदीजन्मान्तरकथने अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपरवव॑के अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें द्रौपदीजन्मान्तरकथनविषयक एक सौ अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi draupadījanmāntarakathane aṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva, in the Caitraratha section, the chapter dealing with the account of Draupadī’s former birth comes to an end—this being the one hundred and sixty-eighth chapter. (This is a concluding colophon marking the completion of the chapter rather than continuing the narrative.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Caitraratha-parvan

द्रौपदीजन्मान्तरकथनेin the narration of Draupadī’s former birth

अष्टषष्टिin sixty-eight (as a number-base)

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha Parva

Draupadī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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: it does not add a new moral instruction but signals closure. Indirectly, it highlights the epic’s concern with continuity across lives (janmāntara) and the careful framing of narratives within larger textual divisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration pauses: the chapter that recounted Draupadī’s former-birth account within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva is formally concluded.