Shloka 132

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि राजर्षिवृत्तं नाम द्वात्रिशयदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi rājarṣivṛttaṃ nāma dvātriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva and specifically the section on conduct in times of distress (Āpaddharma), concludes the one-hundred-and-thirty-second chapter, entitled “The Account of the Royal Sage.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

राजर्षिवृत्तम्the account/story of the royal sage

नामnamed; called

द्वात्रिंशत्thirty-two

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (Āpaddharma-parvan)

Rājarṣi (royal sage, as a category)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the chapter’s conclusion and situating it within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma teachings, emphasizing that the preceding narrative about a royal sage functions as ethical instruction—especially about right conduct under distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse does not advance the story; it formally closes the chapter, naming its theme (“Account of the Royal Sage”) and identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Āpaddharma section.