Shloka 170
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि तपत्युपाख्याने सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<थध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi tapatyupākhyāne saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva, in the Caitraratha section, in the episode concerning Tapatī, ends the one-hundred-and-seventieth chapter. This closing colophon marks the completion of the chapter and situates the narrative within its larger ethical frame—stories of lineage, conduct, and the consequences of desire and duty as preserved in the epic tradition.
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to preserve textual integrity by clearly marking the chapter’s end and locating the episode within the epic’s larger moral-historical framework.
The narrative action pauses: the speaker’s line is followed by the formal closing that identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Ādi Parva), the sub-section (Caitraratha), and the specific episode (Tapatī), concluding Chapter 170.