Shloka 170

अध्याय १६९ — भीष्मस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रशंसा तथा शिखण्डिविषये नियमः

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava Forces and His Constraint Regarding Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಪರ್ವದ ‘ರಥಾತಿರಥಸಂಖ್ಯಾನ’ ಉಪಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga Parva
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the enumeration of rathas and atirathas
• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Rathātiratha-saṅkhyāna Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it underscores the epic’s concern with accountability and clarity—here, the systematic reckoning of martial capability before war—hinting that conflict is approached with deliberate assessment, not impulsiveness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter and identifying its placement: the Mahābhārata’s Udyoga Parva, within the section that enumerates categories of chariot-warriors (ratha) and great chariot-warriors (atiratha), setting the stage for the coming battle.