Shloka 150

अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें इन्दोत और पारिक्षितका संवादविषयक एक सौ पचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate āpaddharmaparvaṇi indota-parīkṣit-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الخمسون بعد المائة من قسم «آبَدْدَهَرْمَ» (Āpaddharma) ضمن «شَانْتِي بَرْفَا» (Śānti Parva) من «شري مهابهاراتا»، وموضوعه الحوار بين إندوتا (Indota) وبارِيكشِت (Parīkṣit). وفي الإطار الأخلاقي لـ«شَانْتِي بَرْفَا» تُعلن هذه الخاتمة تمام حلقةٍ تعليميةٍ في السلوك زمن الشدّة (āpaddharma)، عُرضت عبر حديثهما.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace (Shanti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: book/section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आपद्: of calamity/distress
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma/duty
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इन्दोत: of Indota (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दोत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पारिक्षित: of Parikshit
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: of dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चाशत्तम: one-hundred-and-fiftieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरा: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was/has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (Perfective in Hindi usage; Sanskrit equivalent: अभूत्/अभवत्), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indota
• Parīkṣit
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding material as instruction on āpaddharma—ethical conduct and decision-making under distress—delivered through the Indota–Parīkṣit dialogue within the Śānti Parva’s broader peace-and-dharma discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a unit: it announces that the 150th chapter of the Āpaddharma section (within Śānti Parva) has been completed, specifying that its topic was the conversation between Indota and King Parīkṣit.