Shloka 163

Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि लोभनिरूपणे त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi lobhanirūpaṇe triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertdreiundsechzigste Kapitel des Āpaddharma-Abschnitts innerhalb des Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, in dem Wesen und Wirken der Gier (lobha) untersucht werden. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss von Bhīṣmas Darlegung darüber, wie Gier das Urteil verkehrt und das Dharma untergräbt, besonders in Zeiten der Not.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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 (sub-parva)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोभनिरूपणे: in the exposition on greed
• लोभनिरूपणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभनिरूपण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Lobha (greed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s framing theme is lobha (greed): it is treated as a powerful inner fault that can override discernment and lead one away from dharma. In the Āpaddharma context, the implied lesson is that even under pressure or scarcity, one must recognize greed’s disguises and restrain it so that necessary action does not become unethical excess.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section. It identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), and the chapter’s topic (analysis of greed), indicating the completion of Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.