Shloka 177

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 178 — Royal Contestants Assemble; Cosmic Witnesses; The Bow Remains Unstrung

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वण्यौवोपाख्याने सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇy auvopākhyāne saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ika-178 kabanata ng Ādi Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng bahaging Caitraratha, sa salaysay na kilala bilang kuwento ni Uparicara Vasu. Ito’y isang pangwakas na kolofon na tanda ng pagsasara ng kabanata, at hindi isang taludtod na binigkas bilang aral.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Adi Parva
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: in the Chaitraratha-parvan section
• चैत्ररथपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्ररथपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• औवोपाख्याने: in the Auvopakhyana (tale of Auva)
• औवोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: औवोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Caitraratha Parvan
• Auvopākhyāna (Uparicara Vasu episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a didactic verse. Its function is to authenticate and organize the text by stating the work, parva, sub-section, and chapter number, helping readers preserve the integrity of transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the chapter concludes. The colophon indicates that the preceding material belonged to the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva, specifically within the subsidiary tale connected with Uparicara Vasu.