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Shloka 167

भीष्मधृतराष्ट्रसंवादः — पाण्डवबलप्रशंसा

Bhishma–Dhritarashtra Dialogue: Appraisal of Pandava Strength

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि सप्तषष्टयधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वमें एक सौ सरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

இதி ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் உத்யோகப் பர்வத்தில் உள்ள ‘ரதாதிரத-ஸங்க்யானப் பர்வம்’ எனும் பிரிவில் நூற்று அறுபத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/holy (as honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Enumeration of rathas and atirathas'

सप्तseven

षष्टिsixty

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna-parvan

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon: it formally closes the chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s parva and sub-parva structure, emphasizing careful textual organization and the thematic frame of war-preparation and warrior classification.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text signals that the chapter has ended—specifically, the chapter within Udyoga Parva dealing with the enumeration/classification of chariot-warriors (ratha) and great chariot-warriors (atiratha).