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Shloka 137

आपद्धर्मे राज्ञः नीतिः — Bharadvāja’s Counsel on Crisis-Statecraft (Śānti Parva 138)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि शाकुलोपाख्याने सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें शाकुलोपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ सैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi śākulopākhyāne saptatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über das Dharma in Zeiten der Not (Āpaddharma Parva)—die Erzählfolge, die als Śākula-upākhyāna bekannt ist; damit ist das 137. Kapitel vollendet. Dieses Kolophon markiert einen Übergangspunkt: Die Lehre über sittliches Handeln unter Krisenbedingungen findet für dieses Kapitel ihren formalen Abschluss.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्ति-पर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्-धर्म-पर्वणिin the Āpaddharma section

शाकुल-उपाख्यानेin the Śākula-upākhyāna (episode)

सप्त-त्रिंशत्-अधिक-शत-तमःthe one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Śākula-upākhyāna

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching context by locating the discussion within Āpaddharma—ethical decision-making under distress—signaling that the chapter’s instruction and illustrative tale (Śākula-upākhyāna) has formally concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it announces that, within the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, the Śākula episode has reached the end of the 137th chapter, preparing the reader for the next chapter’s continuation or shift in topic.