Shloka 171
Devanagari script
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि तपत्युपाख्याने एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
Transliteration
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi tapatyupākhyāne ekasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Translation
ਇਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਆਦਿ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਚੈਤਰਰਥ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਪਤੀ-ਉਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਇਕਹੱਤਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ।
Word by Word
इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
आदिपर्वणिin the Adi Parva
आदिपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआदिपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
चैत्ररथपर्वणिin the Chaitraratha sub-parvan
चैत्ररथपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootचैत्ररथपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तपतीof Tapati (proper name)
तपती:
TypeNoun
Rootतपती
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
उपाख्यानेin the episode/legend
उपाख्याने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउपाख्यान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-seventy-first
एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएकसप्तत्यधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
गन्धर्व उवाच
Characters & Entities
म
महाभारत (Mahābhārata)आ
आदि पर्व (Ādi Parva)च
चैत्ररथ पर्व (Caitraratha Parva)त
तपती (Tapatī)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a didactic verse: it highlights how the Mahābhārata frames ethical and historical reflection through nested narratives (upākhyānas), carefully locating each episode within the epic’s larger structure.
The text is marking closure: it announces that the Tapatī sub-story, situated within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva, has concluded, and it identifies the chapter number as 172.