Shloka 159

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि आर्टिषेणयुधिष्ठटिरसंवादे एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi ārtiṣeṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం వనపర్వములో యక్షయుద్ధపర్వమున ఆర్టిషేణ-యుధిష్ఠిర సంభాషణలో ఏకోనషష్ట్యధికశతతమ (159వ) అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि: in the Yakṣa-battle section
• यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षयुद्धपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira
• आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्तिषेणयुधिष्ठिरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

आर्शिषिण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Yakṣa-yuddha Parva (section/episode)
• Ārtiṣeṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it identifies the textual location (Vana Parva), the episode (Yakṣa-yuddha), and the interlocutors (Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira), emphasizing careful transmission and contextual reading of dharma-discourse within the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content is not advanced here; the line simply closes and labels the chapter, indicating that the preceding material belonged to the Yakṣa-related episode and took the form of a dialogue between Ārtiṣeṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira.