Shloka 181

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 181 — Svayaṃvara Aftermath: Arjuna–Karna Exchange and Bhīma–Śalya Contest

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि वसिष्ठोपाख्याने एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi vasiṣṭhopākhyāne ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಆದಿಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಚೈತ್ರರಥಪರ್ವದ ವಸಿಷ್ಠೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ, ನೂರ ಎಂಭತ್ತೊಂದನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

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

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: in the Caitraratha-parvan
• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसिष्ठोपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-first
• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parva
• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a didactic verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter and identifies its placement (Ādi Parva → Caitraratha section → Vasiṣṭha episode). Its value is structural—preserving how the epic is organized and transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally closes the Vasiṣṭha sub-episode within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva, marking the end of Chapter 181.