Shloka 175

Nahūṣa-Ājagara Saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Definition of Brāhmaṇa and the ‘Vedyam’ Debate

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वमें अस्त्रदर्शनविषयक एक सौ पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargate nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi astradarśanaviṣayaka ekaśatapañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या वनपर्वातील निवातकवच-युद्धपर्वात अस्त्रदर्शनविषयक एकशे पंच्याहत्तरावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus (end-quote marker)

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded, contained (within)

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the Nivātakavaca-battle sub-parvan

अस्त्रदर्शनविषयकःconcerning the showing of weapons (astras)

एकशतपञ्चसप्ततितमःone-hundred-and-seventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted, finished

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavaca-yuddha-parvan

Astra (divine weapons)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon: it underscores disciplined transmission and completion—knowledge (here, of astras) is presented in an ordered, accountable way, and the narrative signals closure of a thematic unit before moving onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) announces that the chapter—focused on the revelation/display of weapons within the Nivātakavaca battle episode of the Forest Book—has concluded.