Shloka 186

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि अम्बातपस्यायां षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ambātapasyāyāṃ ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の『ウド्योग・パルヴァ』、いわゆる「アンバー物語」のうち「アンバーの苦行」の段において、第百八十六章はここに終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upākhyāna section

अम्बातपस्यायाम्in (the chapter/section called) ‘Amba’s penance’

षडशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred eighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambopākhyāna-parvan (Ambā episode)

Ambā

Ambā’s tapas (austerities)

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 line does not teach through direct instruction; it signals closure and emphasizes textual structure. In context, it highlights how a personal moral crisis (Ambā’s grievance) is carried forward through disciplined resolve (tapas), illustrating that actions and injuries can generate long-term ethical and karmic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal end-marker of a chapter within the Ambā episode in Udyoga Parva, specifically the portion dealing with Ambā’s austerities. It indicates that the narrative unit about Ambā’s tapas has concluded at this chapter boundary.