Shloka 175

Nahūṣa-Ājagara Saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Definition of Brāhmaṇa and the ‘Vedyam’ Debate

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वमें अस्त्रदर्शनविषयक एक सौ पचहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargate nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇi astradarśanaviṣayaka ekaśatapañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm bảy mươi lăm của Vana Parva trong Mahābhārata, thuộc phần Nivātakavaca-yuddha, bàn về việc khai lộ và phô bày các thần khí. Người kể chuyện ghi dấu sự khép lại của đoạn này, nhấn mạnh sự truyền thụ có trật tự của tri thức võ đạo thiêng liêng và việc hoàn tất một chặng quan trọng trong thời kỳ lưu đày nơi rừng thẳm.

Word by Word

• इति: thus (end-quote marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana Parva
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included, contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: in the Nivātakavaca-battle sub-parvan
• निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवचयुद्धपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अस्त्रदर्शनविषयकः: concerning the showing of weapons (astras)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्त्रदर्शनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतपञ्चसप्ततितमः: one-hundred-and-seventy-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतपञ्चसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed, finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nivātakavaca-yuddha-parvan
• Astra (divine weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon: it underscores disciplined transmission and completion—knowledge (here, of astras) is presented in an ordered, accountable way, and the narrative signals closure of a thematic unit before moving onward.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) announces that the chapter—focused on the revelation/display of weapons within the Nivātakavaca battle episode of the Forest Book—has concluded.