Shloka 157

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि ब्राह्मणीवाक्ये सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi brāhmaṇīvākye saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Ādi Parva—cụ thể là phần Bakavadha—kết thúc chương thứ một trăm năm mươi bảy, mang tên “Lời của người Bà-la-môn nữ.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

आदिपर्वणिin the Ādi-parvan

बकवधपर्वणिin the Bakavadha-parvan (section on the slaying of Baka)

ब्राह्मणीवाक्येin the (subsection called) ‘the Brāhmaṇī’s speech’

सप्तपञ्चाशत्fifty-seven

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Ādi Parva

Bakavadha Parva

Baka

Brāhmaṇī

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 chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it signals that the brāhmaṇī’s moral speech and the episode of Baka’s killing belong to a dharmic arc—where suffering voiced ethically becomes the ground for righteous protection and the curbing of predatory harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is the closing colophon for the preceding chapter: it identifies the text as part of the Ādi Parva, within the Bakavadha episode, and labels the chapter as “Brāhmaṇī’s Speech,” marking the end of chapter 157.