Shloka 177

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि पुनर्द्धतवनप्रवेशे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi punarddhatavanapraveśe saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section known as the Ājagara episode, concerning the renewed entry into the forest. This is a formal colophon marking the close of the chapter and situating it within the larger narrative frame.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• आजगरपर्वणि: in the Ājagara-parvan (Python episode)
• आजगरपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजगरपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• दृढ: firm; resolute
• दृढ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनप्रवेशे: in the entering of the forest
• वनप्रवेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनप्रवेश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त

• सप्तत्यधिक: exceeding seventy (i.e., seventy-seven)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति-अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Ājagara-parvan (python episode)
• Vaiśampāyana (as speaker in the colophon)