Shloka 181

Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိမဟာဘာရတ၌၊ ဥဒ္ယောဂပရဝ၌၊ အမ္ဗာ-ဥပာချာန (အမ္ဗာ၏အပိုင်း) ဟူသော အခန်းတွင်၊ တစ်ရာရှစ်ဆယ်တစ်မြောက် အခန်းသည် အဆုံးသတ်လေ၏။ ဤသည်မှာ အခန်းပိတ်စာ (colophon) ဖြစ်၍၊ ဤဇာတ်လမ်းကို မဟာကဗျာ၏ ကျင့်ဝတ်နှင့် သမိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကျယ်အဝန်းအတွင်း တည်နေရာချထားပေးသည်။

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga Parva
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Amba-upakhyana section (sub-parva)
• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-first
• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ambā-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to anchor the reader in the epic’s structure, reminding that ethical reflection arises within carefully framed narrative units (parvan and upākhyāna) and that each chapter forms a complete segment of instruction through story.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is signaling the end of a chapter: it states that the 181st chapter of the Ambā episode, within the Udyoga Parvan of the Mahābhārata, has concluded.