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Shloka 158

आर्जुन–गन्धर्वसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि ब्राह्मणकन्यापुत्रवाक्ये अष्टपञज्चशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत बकवधपर्वमें ब्राह्मणकी कन्या और पुत्रके वचन-सम्बन्धी एक सौ अद्ठावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi brāhmaṇakanyāputravākye aṣṭapañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปัรวะ ภาคบกวธปัรวะ บทว่าด้วยถ้อยคำของธิดาและบุตรของพราหมณ์ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยห้าสิบแปด จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

बकवधपर्वणिin the (sub-)section called 'Baka-slaying parvan'

ब्राह्मणकन्यापुत्रवाक्येin the discourse/words of the brāhmaṇa's daughter and son

अष्टपञ्चाशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fifty-eighth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Bakavadha-parvan

brāhmaṇa’s daughter (kanyā)

brāhmaṇa’s son (putra)

Baka (implied by Bakavadha)

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but signals the ethical focus of the completed unit: the family’s deliberation about duty and sacrifice in the face of violence, setting the stage for righteous protection against predation (Baka).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter in the Bakavadha episode, specifically the portion centered on the speech of a brāhmaṇa’s daughter and son. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating that the 158th chapter has ended.