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

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปัรวะ ภาคบกวธปัรวะ บทว่าด้วยถ้อยคำของสตรีพราหมณ์ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยห้าสิบเจ็ด จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

अन्तर्गतेcontained/within

बकवधपर्वणिin the Baka-slaying section (parvan)

ब्राह्मणीवाक्यविषयकःconcerning the words of the brāhmaṇī

एकशतसप्तपञ्चाशत्तमःone-hundred-and-fifty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Bakavadhaparva

Brāhmaṇī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.