Shloka 161

Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि उलूकदूतागमनपर्वणि उलूकवाक्ये एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi ulūkadūtāgamanaparvaṇi ulūkavākye ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《优提瑜伽篇》中，叙述乌卢迦奉使来至一节，于乌卢迦之言辞内，第一百六十一章告终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• उलूकदूतागमनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the coming of Ulūka as envoy
• उलूकदूतागमनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूकदूतागमनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उलूकवाक्ये: in (the passage called) 'Ulūka's speech'
• उलूकवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूकवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्टि: sixty-one
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकषष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

उलूक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Udyoga Parva
• Ulūka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; ethically, it frames Ulūka’s embassy within the larger theme of war-preparation, where speech and diplomacy are tested against dharma before violence becomes inevitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the chapter that belongs to the episode of Ulūka’s arrival as Duryodhana’s messenger and the record of his address; it is a structural closing formula rather than a spoken verse-content.