Shloka 181

Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ambopākhyānaparvaṇi ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Thánh sử Mahābhārata, thuộc Udyoga Parva, trong phần gọi là Ambā-upākhyāna (giai thoại về Ambā), chương thứ một trăm tám mươi mốt kết thúc. Đây là lời kết chương (colophon), đánh dấu sự khép lại của chương, đồng thời đặt mạch truyện vào khung đạo lý và lịch sử rộng lớn của thiên anh hùng ca.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Amba-upakhyana section (sub-parva)
• अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-first
• एकाशीत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ambā-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to anchor the reader in the epic’s structure, reminding that ethical reflection arises within carefully framed narrative units (parvan and upākhyāna) and that each chapter forms a complete segment of instruction through story.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is signaling the end of a chapter: it states that the 181st chapter of the Ambā episode, within the Udyoga Parvan of the Mahābhārata, has concluded.