Shloka 174

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि अस्त्रदर्शनसंकेते चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi astradarśanasaṅkete catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ವನಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಿವಾತಕವಚಯುದ್ಧಪರ್ವದ ಅಂತರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ, ‘ಅಸ್ತ್ರದರ್ಶನ-ಸಂಕೇತ’ ಎಂಬ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the sub-parvan concerning the battle with the Nivātakavacas

अस्त्रदर्शनसंकेतेin the section titled 'Astra-darśana-saṅketa' (indication/heading of the showing of weapons)

चतु:सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and seventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavacas

Nivātakavaca-yuddha-parva

Astra-darśana-saṅketa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata organizes its narrative into parvas, sub-sections, and chapter counts, emphasizing careful textual framing and thematic indexing (here: weapons-display as a narrative signal within a war-episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally marks the conclusion of a chapter situated in Vana Parva, within the Nivātakavaca battle episode, under the heading ‘Astra-darśana-saṅketa’—a section associated with the indication or occasion for demonstrating celestial weapons.