Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि नृशंसाख्याने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi nṛśaṃsākhyāne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Āpaddharma, iaitu tata laku ketika ditimpa kesusahan—berakhirlah bab ke-164, yang dikenali sebagai kisah bernama “Nṛśaṃsa.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section (parva)

नृशंसाख्यानेin the narrative called 'Nrishamsa'

चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Nṛśaṃsa (ākhyāna)

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 line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Āpaddharma section of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as guidance on dharma under crisis and identifying the episode-title (“Nṛśaṃsa”) for contextual reading.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story but formally concluding the chapter: it locates the passage within Śānti Parva, within the Āpaddharma subsection, and names the chapter/episode as “Nṛśaṃsa,” indicating the end of the 164th adhyāya.