Shloka 157

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 158 — Aṅgāraparṇa-saṃvāda and Gaṅgā-tīrtha Saṃghaṭṭa

Encounter at the Gaṅgā ford

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि ब्राह्मणीवाक्ये सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi brāhmaṇīvākye saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปर्व ภาคบกวธะ บทที่ ๑๕๗ อันมีนามว่า “วาจาของพราหมณี” จบลง

Word by Word

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

• 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

• बकवधपर्वणि: in the Bakavadha-parvan (section on the slaying of Baka)
• बकवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणीवाक्ये: in the (subsection called) ‘the Brāhmaṇī’s speech’
• ब्राह्मणीवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणीवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्: fifty-seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Bakavadha Parva
• Baka
• Brāhmaṇī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it signals that the brāhmaṇī’s moral speech and the episode of Baka’s killing belong to a dharmic arc—where suffering voiced ethically becomes the ground for righteous protection and the curbing of predatory harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is the closing colophon for the preceding chapter: it identifies the text as part of the Ādi Parva, within the Bakavadha episode, and labels the chapter as “Brāhmaṇī’s Speech,” marking the end of chapter 157.