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Shloka 167

Saudāsa

Kalmāṣapāda) Released by Vasiṣṭha; Return to Ayodhyā; Birth of Aśmaka (अश्मक-जन्म

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि पञ्चालदेशयात्रायां सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi pañcāladeśayātrāyāṃ saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील चैत्ररथपर्वात पाञ्चालदेश-यात्राविषयक एकशे सदुसष्टावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha-parvan section

पञ्चालदेशयात्रायाम्in the journey to the Panchala country

सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha-parvan

Pañcāla-deśa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to preserve textual order and context—identifying the work, parva, sub-section, and the chapter count—supporting disciplined transmission and study.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action is not advanced here; the verse simply marks the conclusion of the chapter and locates it within the Ādi Parva’s Caitraratha section, specifically the episode/theme described as the journey to the Pañcāla region.