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

یوں شری مہابھارت کے آدی پَرو میں بَک وَدھ پَرو کے تحت بَک اور بھیم سین کے یُدھ کے प्रसنگ میں ایک سو باسٹھواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आदिपर्वणि: in the Ādi-parvan
• आदिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बकवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Baka
• बकवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बकभीमसेनयुद्धे: in the battle between Baka and Bhīmasena
• बकभीमसेनयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकभीमसेनयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred sixty-second (chapter)
• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Ādi Parva
• Baka
• Bhīmasena

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.