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Shloka 134

दीर्घदर्शी–दीर्घसूत्र–संप्रतिपत्तिमान् आख्यानम्

The Parable of Foresight, Procrastination, and Presence of Mind

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि चतुस्त्रिंशयदधिकशततमो<ध्याय: ।। १३४ || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें एक सौ चौतीयवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi catuḥstriṁśayadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 134 ||

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Āpaddharma Parva (Dharma in Zeiten der Not)—das hundertvierunddreißigste Kapitel. Dies ist ein Kolophon, das den Abschluss des Kapitels markiert, kein Lehrvers, und es verortet die vorangehende Unterweisung im ethischen Rahmen des Handelns in der Krise.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

चतुस्त्रिंशत्thirty-four

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Bhīṣma (speaker attribution: 'bhīṣma uvāca')

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 line is a colophon (ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to locate the preceding discourse within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, emphasizing that the chapter’s guidance concerns righteous conduct under adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the completion of a chapter in the Mahābhārata. In context, Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues across chapters; here the compiler/editorial voice closes the chapter by naming the parva and the Āpaddharma subsection.