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Shloka 131

Bala and Dharma in Kṣatriya Governance (बल-धर्म सम्बन्धः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि एकत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय: ।। २१३१ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें एक सौ इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi ekatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 2131 ||

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva and specifically the section on conduct in times of distress (Āpaddharma), the one-hundred-and-thirty-first chapter concludes.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिin (the) Śānti (section)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

आपद्in adversity; in calamity

धर्मin dharma; in duty/law

पर्वणिin the sub-book/section (parvan)

एकत्रिंशत्thirty-one

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शतhundred

तमःthe -th (ordinal superlative suffix used for numbering)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the formal completion of the chapter within the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva, framing Bhīṣma’s guidance on righteous conduct under conditions of crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice closes the chapter: after Bhīṣma’s instruction (addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira in this broader context), the text marks the end of the 131st chapter of the Āpaddharma section within Śānti Parva.