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Shloka 165

समुद्रदर्शनं दैत्यपुरोपगमनं च

Ocean Vision and Approach to the Daitya City

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वण्यर्जुनसमागमे पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇy arjunasamāgame pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Vana Parva—đặc biệt ở phần nói về cuộc chiến với Nivātakavaca, trong đoạn về cuộc gặp gỡ của Arjuna—kết thúc chương thứ một trăm sáu mươi lăm. Đây là lời kết (colophon) chính thức đặt câu chuyện vào khuôn khổ đạo lý (dharma).

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)

निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणिin the sub-section (parvan) on the battle with the Nivātakavacas

अर्जुनसमागमेin (the section called) 'Arjuna’s meeting/encounter'

पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमःone hundred and sixty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Nivātakavacas

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode within a dharmic narrative. The implied ethical emphasis is that righteous purpose, steadfast courage, and disciplined effort—especially during hardship like exile—are integral to the hero’s path and to the restoration of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the close of a chapter in the Vana Parva, identifying it as part of the Nivātakavaca battle section and connected with Arjuna’s encounter (samāgama). It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating where this unit of the story ends within the larger Mahābhārata.