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Shloka 181

Brāhmaṇa-māhātmya: Tārkṣya’s instruction on tapas, satya, and svadharma

Chapter 182

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि भीममोचने एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi bhīmamocane ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается сто восемьдесят первая глава «Вана-парвы» священной «Шри Махабхараты», в разделе о Питоне (Ājagara), в эпизоде освобождения Бхимы. Этот заключительный колофон знаменует завершение наставления главы и движение повествования к избавлению от опасности через правильное понимание и праведное поведение.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

आजगरपर्वणिin the Ajagara-parvan (section on the python)

भीममोचनेin (the episode of) Bhima’s release

एकाशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and eighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Ājagara-parvan

Bhīma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not add new instruction; it signals closure of the chapter situated in the Ājagara episode, whose broader ethical thrust emphasizes that peril can be overcome through discernment, self-control, and adherence to dharma rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal end-marker of the chapter: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the sub-episode (Ājagara-parvan), and the specific narrative focus (Bhīma’s release), concluding the chapter’s account.