Shloka 168

निवातकवचवधः — Arjuna’s Neutralization of the Nivātakavacas

Vajra-astra deployment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वण्यर्जुनवाक्ये अष्टषष्ट्यघधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇy arjunavākye aṣṭaṣaṣṭy-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Vana Parva—na seção que descreve a batalha contra os Nivātakavacas—aqui se encerra a fala de Arjuna e se completa o capítulo cento e sessenta e oito.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: in the Nivātakavaca-battle section
• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्जुनवाक्ये: in (the context of) Arjuna's speech
• अर्जुनवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the 168th
• अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nivātakavacas
• Arjuna