Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि उलूकदूतागमनपर्वणि सेनापतिनियोगे चतुःषष्टयधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ulūkadūtāgamanaparvaṇi senāpatiniyoge catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนอุทยคปรวะ ในภาคว่าด้วยการมาของอูลูกะผู้เป็นทูต และในเหตุแห่งการแต่งตั้งแม่ทัพใหญ่ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยหกสิบสี่จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

उलूकदूतागमनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the coming of Uluka as envoy

सेनापतिनियोगेin the appointment of the commander-in-chief

चतुःषष्टि-अधिक-शततमःthe one hundred and sixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ulūka

dūta (envoy/messenger)

senāpati (commander-in-chief)

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 diplomacy is formally pursued through envoys, ethical responsibility requires clear leadership and preparedness; the colophon highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between the duty to seek peace and the duty to act decisively when conflict becomes unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon for the chapter: it locates the chapter within Udyoga Parva, notes the sub-episode of Ulūka’s envoy-mission arrival, and indicates the context of appointing a commander (senāpati), marking the close of the 164th chapter.