Shloka 177

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 178 — Royal Contestants Assemble; Cosmic Witnesses; The Bow Remains Unstrung

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वण्यौवोपाख्याने सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇy auvopākhyāne saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਆਦਿ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਚੈਤਰਰਥ ਪਰਵ ਅੰਦਰ ਔਵੋਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਅਠੱਤਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

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

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• औवोपाख्याने: in the Auvopakhyana (tale of Auva)
• औवोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औवोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parvan
• Auvopākhyāna (Uparicara Vasu episode)