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Shloka 183

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि भीष्मप्रस्वापनास्त्रला भे त्रयशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi bhīṣmaprasvāpana-astralābhe trayāśīty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ここに『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』「ウド्योग・パルヴァ」中、「アンバー・ウパーキャーナ」章において、ビーシュマが眠りを起こすマントラの武器（「ビーシュマ睡眠神兵」）を得たことを述べる第百八十三章は終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga Parva

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upakhyana section

भीष्मप्रस्वापनास्त्रलाभेin (the topic of) obtaining the Bhishma-sleep-inducing weapon

त्रयशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambā (implied by Ambopākhyāna)

Bhīṣma

Prasvāpana-astra (sleep-inducing weapon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the ethical tension of the episode: even the mightiest warrior bound by vows (Bhīṣma) can be checked by extraordinary means, and past actions (as in the Ambā narrative) can shape later vulnerability—highlighting karma, responsibility, and the limits of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the conclusion of the chapter within the Ambā-upākhyāna portion of Udyoga Parva, identifying the chapter’s subject as Bhīṣma’s acquisition/connection with a sleep-inducing astra (prasvāpana-astra). It functions as an editorial closing formula rather than spoken dialogue.