Shloka 141

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि विश्वामित्रश्नपचसंवादे एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi viśvāmitra-śvapaca-saṃvāde ekacatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über Āpaddharma (Dharma in Zeiten der Not)—der Dialog zwischen Viśvāmitra und dem Ausgestoßenen (śvapaca): das einhunderteinundvierzigste Kapitel. Dieses Schlusskolophon rahmt die vorangehende Lehre als Wegweisung für Dharma unter äußerster Not, wo ethisches Urteil mit wacher Aufmerksamkeit für Kontext und Überleben zu fällen ist, ohne den Geist der Rechtschaffenheit preiszugeben.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section (parvan)

विश्वामित्रश्नपचसंवादेin the dialogue of Vishvamitra and the outcaste (śvapaca)

एकचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-forty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Viśvāmitra

Śvapaca

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?

As a chapter-ending colophon, the verse signals that the preceding material belongs to Āpaddharma—ethical reasoning under crisis—implying that dharma must be applied with sensitivity to necessity, context, and the preservation of life, while still aiming to uphold righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma concludes a unit of instruction by marking the end of the chapter: it is situated in the Śānti Parva, within the Āpaddharma section, and specifically identifies the just-finished dialogue between the sage Viśvāmitra and a śvapaca (outcaste interlocutor).