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Shloka 129

Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि यमगौतमसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi yamagautamasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über das königliche Dharma (Rājadharmānuśāsana)—das hundertneunundzwanzigste Kapitel, das den Dialog zwischen Yama und Gautama darlegt. Dieses Schlusskolophon zeigt die Vollendung einer Lehrfolge über gerechte Herrschaft und sittliches Gesetz, wie sie durch ihren Austausch entfaltet wird.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana section (sub-parva)

यमगौतमसंवादेin the dialogue of Yama and Gautama

एकोनत्रिंशत्twenty-nine

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Gautama

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Rājadharma (royal ethics) instruction: it frames the preceding material as authoritative guidance on justice and righteous governance, delivered through the dialogue of Yama (moral-judicial authority) and the sage Gautama.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit concludes: the text announces that the Yama–Gautama dialogue section has completed its 129th chapter within the Śānti Parva’s royal-dharma instruction, functioning as a formal closing statement rather than a new doctrinal verse.