Shloka 186
भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि अम्बातपस्यायां षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ambātapasyāyāṃ ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਉਦਯੋਗ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਤਰਗਤ ਅੰਬੋਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਅੰਬਾ ਦੀ ਤਪੱਸਿਆ’ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਛਿਆਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it signals closure and emphasizes textual structure. In context, it highlights how a personal moral crisis (Ambā’s grievance) is carried forward through disciplined resolve (tapas), illustrating that actions and injuries can generate long-term ethical and karmic consequences.
This is the formal end-marker of a chapter within the Ambā episode in Udyoga Parva, specifically the portion dealing with Ambā’s austerities. It indicates that the narrative unit about Ambā’s tapas has concluded at this chapter boundary.