Shloka 182

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामभीष्मयुद्धे द्ववशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi rāmabhīṣmayuddhe dvāvaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତ ଉଦ୍ୟୋଗପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଅମ୍ବୋପାଖ୍ୟାନପର୍ବରେ ରାମ-ଭୀଷ୍ମଯୁଦ୍ଧପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗର ଏକଶେ ବୟାଶୀତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (as part of title)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Amba-upākhyāna section
• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रामभीष्मयुद्धे: in the battle of Rāma and Bhīṣma
• रामभीष्मयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामभीष्मयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्ववशीत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighty-second (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्ववशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ambā (Ambopākhyāna)
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it signals closure and highlights the ethical frame of the preceding episode—how vows, personal honor, and kṣatriya-dharma can generate unavoidable conflict, even among revered figures.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the Ambā-upākhyāna episode—specifically the combat between Paraśurāma (Rāma) and Bhīṣma—has concluded, and it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Udyoga), and the chapter number (182nd).