Shloka 159

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि आर्टिषेणयुधिष्ठटिरसंवादे एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi ārtiṣeṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the sacred Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section concerning the battle with the Yakṣa, in the dialogue between Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira, ends the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth chapter (i.e., the chapter numbered 159).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि: in the Yakṣa-battle section
• यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षयुद्धपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira
• आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

आर्शिषिण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Yakṣa-yuddha Parva (section/episode)
• Ārtiṣeṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it identifies the textual location (Vana Parva), the episode (Yakṣa-yuddha), and the interlocutors (Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading of dharma-discourse within the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content is not advanced here; the line simply closes and labels the chapter, indicating that the preceding material belonged to the Yakṣa-related episode and took the form of a dialogue between Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira.