Shloka 173

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne trisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي، في «شري مهابهارتا»، ضمن «شانتِي پَرْوَ»، في قسم «آبَدْدهَرما پَرْوَ»، حكاية الجاحد (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna): الفصل الثالث والسبعون بعد المئة.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Apaddharma section
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृतघ्नोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of the ungrateful one
• कृतघ्नोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred seventy-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the Āpaddharma material; by naming the Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna, it highlights the ethical focus on gratitude versus ingratitude as a key concern in discussions of right conduct, especially under hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter-ending formula: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-section (Āpaddharma), and the specific embedded tale (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), and then states the chapter number as a closure marker.