Shloka 170

अध्याय १६९ — भीष्मस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रशंसा तथा शिखण्डिविषये नियमः

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava Forces and His Constraint Regarding Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Vậy là kết thúc chương thứ một trăm bảy mươi của Udyoga Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần mang tên “Sự liệt kê các chiến xa dũng sĩ và đại chiến xa dũng sĩ”. Đây là lời kết chương theo nghi thức, đánh dấu sự khép lại và chuyển sang mạch truyện kế tiếp, đồng thời nhấn mạnh việc kiểm kê cẩn trọng sức mạnh binh mã trước đại chiến.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उद्योगपर्वणि: in the Udyoga Parva
• उद्योगपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्योगपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the enumeration of rathas and atirathas
• रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Rathātiratha-saṅkhyāna Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it underscores the epic’s concern with accountability and clarity—here, the systematic reckoning of martial capability before war—hinting that conflict is approached with deliberate assessment, not impulsiveness.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter and identifying its placement: the Mahābhārata’s Udyoga Parva, within the section that enumerates categories of chariot-warriors (ratha) and great chariot-warriors (atiratha), setting the stage for the coming battle.