Shloka 178

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

Draupadī Episode

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें और्वक्रोधनिवारण-विषयक एक सौ अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata caitrarathaparvameṃ aurvakrodhanivāraṇa-viṣayaka ekaśata-aṣṭasaptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଆଦିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଚୈତ୍ରରଥପର୍ବରେ ଔର୍ବଙ୍କ କ୍ରୋଧ-ନିବାରଣ ବିଷୟକ ଏକଶ ଅଠହତ୍ତରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्in this manner

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

आदिपर्वकेin the Adi-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha-parvan

और्वक्रोधनिवारणविषयकःconcerning the pacification of Aurva's anger

एकone

शतhundred

अष्टसप्ततितमःseventy-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Caitraratha Parva

Aurva

Vasiṣṭha (speaker label)

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?

The chapter’s stated subject is the restraint of Aurva’s wrath, underscoring a dharmic principle: even justified rage must be governed, because uncontrolled anger becomes destructive and undermines righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter—within the Ādi Parva’s Caitraratha section and focused on pacifying Aurva’s anger—has been completed.