Shloka 157

आर्जुन–गन्धर्वसंवादः

Arjuna–Gandharva Dialogue on Honor, Night-Power, and Purohita-Nīti

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत बकवधपर्वमें ब्राह्मणीवाक्यविषयक एक सौ सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraś Śrīmahābhārata Ādiparva-ke antargata Bakavadhaparva-meṃ Brāhmaṇīvākyaviṣayaka eka-śata-saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత ఆదిపర్వమున బకవధపర్వములో బ్రాహ్మణీ వాక్యవిషయకమైన నూట యాభై ఏడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गते: contained/within
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• बकवधपर्वणि: in the Baka-slaying section (parvan)
• बकवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकवधपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ब्राह्मणीवाक्यविषयकः: concerning the words of the brāhmaṇī
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मणीवाक्यविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एकशतसप्तपञ्चाशत्तमः: one-hundred-and-fifty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतसप्तपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), third, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Bakavadhaparva
• Brāhmaṇī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a brief narrative marker can highlight a dharmic emphasis: attentive listening to truthful counsel—here framed as the speech of a brāhmaṇa woman—matters in deciding right action, especially amid fear and coercion.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon-style line stating that the 157th chapter of the Bakavadha section within the Ādi Parva has ended, and that its subject concerned the speech/statement of a brāhmaṇa woman.