Shloka 154

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें वायु और शाल्मलिसंवादके प्रसंगें एक सौ चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate āpad-dharma-parvaṇi vāyu-śālmalī-saṁvāda-prasaṅge eka-śata-catuḥpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «آبَدّدهَرما» (السلوك القويم في أزمنة الشدّة)—يُختَتم الفصل الرابع والخمسون بعد المئة، في سياق الحوار بين فايو وشجرة شالملي.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीglory; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतMahābhārata

शान्तिin (the) Śānti (Parva)

पर्वकेof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained

आपद्of adversity; of distress

धर्मdharma; duty

पर्वin the (sub-)section (parva)

वायुof Vāyu (Wind-god)

शाल्मलिof Śālmalī (silk-cotton tree; name)

संवादof the dialogue

प्रसङ्गेin the context/episode

एकone

शतhundred

चतुःfour

नवnine

अध्यायchapter

सम्पूर्णcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became (was completed)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (Āpaddharma-parva)

Vāyu

Śālmalī (tree)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and situating it within Āpaddharma—ethical guidance for times of crisis—highlighting that the preceding Vāyu–Śālmalī dialogue is intended as instruction on right conduct under adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter conclusion: the text announces that the 154th chapter of the Āpaddharma section (within the Śānti Parva) has ended, specifically in the episode concerning the conversation between Vāyu and the Śālmalī tree.