Shloka 178

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि अजगरग्रहणे अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत आजगरपर्वमें भीमयेनका अजगरद्वारा ग्रहणसम्बन्धी एक सौ अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi ajagaragrahaṇe aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਵਨਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਤਰਗਤ ਆਜਗਰਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਜਗਰ-ਗ੍ਰਹਣ, ਅਰਥਾਤ ਆਜਗਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਭੀਮਸੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਫੜੇ ਜਾਣ ਦੇ ਵਰਣਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਅਠੱਤਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीsplendor; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

आजगरपर्वणिin the Ājagara-parvan (section on the python)

अजगरग्रहणेin the episode of the python's seizure/capture

अष्टeight

सप्ततिseventy

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शतhundred

तमःthe -th (ordinal suffix in masc. nom. sg.)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ājagara (great serpent)

Bhīma

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line itself closes the episode; the surrounding Ājagara narrative is commonly read as emphasizing dharma through restraint and discernment—meeting danger not merely with strength but with right understanding and measured speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal end-of-chapter statement: it announces that the chapter in the Vana Parva dealing with Bhīma’s seizure by the great serpent (ājagara) has concluded.