Shloka 175

द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः

Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि वासिष्ठे वसिष्ठ शोके पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi vāsiṣṭhe vasiṣṭhaśoke pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଦିପର୍ବର ଚୈତ୍ରରଥପର୍ବରେ ବାସିଷ୍ଠ-ପ୍ରକରଣାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ‘ବସିଷ୍ଠ-ଶୋକ’ ନାମକ ଏକଶେ ଛଅତ୍ତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• वासिष्ठे: in (the section) relating to Vasiṣṭha
• वासिष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासिष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसिष्ठ: O Vasiṣṭha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शोके: in the śloka/verse
• शोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-fifth
• पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha (section name)
• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the textual boundary of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s internal divisions (Parva/Adhyāya), preserving the work’s organization for accurate study and transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content is not advanced here; the text is concluding a chapter identified as the “Vasiṣṭha’s grief” episode within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva.