Shloka 166

भीष्मधृतराष्ट्रसंवादः — पाण्डवबलप्रशंसा

Bhishma–Dhritarashtra Dialogue: Appraisal of Pandava Strength

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वमें एक सौ छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi antar-gate rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi ekaśataṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం ఉద్యోగపర్వంలో అంతర్భూతమైన ‘రథాతిరథసంఖ్యానపర్వం’లో నూట అరవై ఆరవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्री-महाभारतof the revered Mahabharata

उद्योग-पर्वof the Udyoga Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded within

रथ-अतिरथ-संख्या-न-पर्वin the (sub-)parvan on the enumeration of rathas and atirathas

एकone

शतhundred

षट्-षष्टsixty-six

अध्यायchapter

समाप्तcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna-parva

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 a colophon (chapter-ending notice), not a teaching verse. Its function is to mark the completion of Adhyāya 166 and to locate it within the Udyoga Parva and the Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna sub-section, emphasizing the text’s organization around the impending war and its leading warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal closure: the editor/tradition signals that the chapter has ended within the Udyoga Parva’s ‘Rathātirathasaṅkhyāna’ portion, which concerns identifying and classifying major chariot-warriors in the lead-up to the Kurukṣetra war.