Shloka 167

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि गन्धमादनवासे युधिष्ठटिरार्जुनसंवादे सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi gandhamādanavāse yudhiṣṭhirārjunasaṃvāde saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے ون پرَو میں—نِواتکَوَچ یُدھ پرَو کے ضمن میں—گندھمادن میں قیام کے موقع پر، یُدھشٹھِر اور ارجن کے مکالمے میں، ایک سو سڑسٹھواں باب اختتام کو پہنچتا ہے۔

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

• वनपर्वणि: in the Forest Book (Vana-parvan)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: in the sub-book concerning the battle with the Nivātakavacas
• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवच-युद्धपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गन्धमादनवासे: in the dwelling (episode) at Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादनवासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन-वास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna
• युधिष्ठिरार्जुनसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर-अर्जुन-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्टि-अधिक-शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nivātakavaca (as a group, via the section title)
• Gandhamādana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it situates the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s larger architecture (parva, sub-parva, setting, and interlocutors), reminding readers that ethical reflection and narrative action are framed through carefully organized dialogues and contexts.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter set during the Pāṇḍavas’ stay at Gandhamādana, within the portion connected to the Nivātakavacas episode, and presented as part of a dialogue between Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna.