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Shloka 182

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि रामभीष्मयुद्धे द्ववशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi rāmabhīṣmayuddhe dvāvaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے اُدیَوگ پَرو میں، امبا اُپاکھیان پَرو کے ضمن میں، رام (پرشورام) اور بھیشم کے یُدھ کا ایک سو بیاسیواں باب۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाgreat (as part of title)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

उद्योगपर्वणिin the Udyoga-parvan

अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणिin the Amba-upākhyāna section

रामभीष्मयुद्धेin the battle of Rāma and Bhīṣma

द्ववशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and eighty-second (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Udyoga Parva

Ambā (Ambopākhyāna)

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Bhīṣma

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?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction; it signals closure and highlights the ethical frame of the preceding episode—how vows, personal honor, and kṣatriya-dharma can generate unavoidable conflict, even among revered figures.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the Ambā-upākhyāna episode—specifically the combat between Paraśurāma (Rāma) and Bhīṣma—has concluded, and it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Udyoga), and the chapter number (182nd).