Shloka 178
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
इति श्रीमहा भारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वण्यौर्ववारणे अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇy aurvavāraṇe aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
اِتی شری مہابھارت کے آدی پَرو میں، چَیتررتھ پَرو کے تحت، اورو کے واقعے سے متعلق ایک سو اٹھتّرواں ادھیائے اختتام پذیر ہوا۔
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse: it signals the formal end of a chapter and situates it within the epic’s internal divisions (Parva/section and episode-title). Its value is primarily textual—showing how the Mahābhārata is organized and transmitted.
No new narrative action occurs here. The text is closing the chapter, indicating that the preceding content belonged to the Caitraratha section and the episode connected with the sage Aurva, and that this was chapter 178 in that counting.