Shloka 180

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 180 — Svayaṃvara-Virodha and Pāṇḍava Parākrama

Draupadī Episode

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वण्यौवोपाख्याने अशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇy auvopākhyāne aśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारताच्या आदिपर्वातील चैत्ररथपर्वातील औवोपाख्यानातील एकशे ऐंशीवा अध्याय.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• औवोपाख्याने: in the Auvopakhyana (tale of Auva)
• औवोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औवोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eightieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha-parvan
• Auvā (upākhyāna/episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse: it teaches how the Mahābhārata self-organizes its narration—by clearly marking textual boundaries (parva, sub-section, episode, chapter) to preserve transmission and context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action has concluded for this chapter; the text formally announces the end of Ādi Parva, Caitraratha section, within the Auvā episode, identifying this as Chapter 180.