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Shloka 162

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि बकभीमसेनयुद्धे द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi bakabhīmasenayuddhe dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อาทิปัรวะ ในบรรพว่าด้วยการสังหารพกะ ในตอนศึกระหว่างพกะกับภีมเสนะ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยหกสิบสองย่อมสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

बकवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Baka

बकभीमसेनयुद्धेin the battle between Baka and Bhīmasena

द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred sixty-second (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Baka

Bhīmasena

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 when force is used, dharma is served when it is directed toward protecting the helpless and restraining predatory harm; the colophon frames the episode as a morally significant act of safeguarding society.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter concludes within the Ādi Parva, in the Bakavadha episode, specifically the combat between Baka and Bhīmasena.