Shloka 144

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि भार्याप्रशंसायां चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें पत्नीकी प्रशंसाविषयक एक सौ चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi bhāryāpraśaṃsāyāṃ catuścatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on conduct in times of distress (Āpaddharma)—the chapter devoted to the praise of the wife comes to its close: the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter is completed. The colophon signals the end of Bhīṣma’s instruction on the ethical value of the wife as a sustaining partner in dharma, especially under adversity.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भार्याप्रशंसायाम्: in (the topic of) praise of the wife
• भार्याप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्याप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• चतुःचत्वारिंशत्: forty-four (lit. four-and-forty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: more; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Bhāryā (wife) (topic)
• Bhīṣma (speaker, per given metadata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose theme is the praise of the wife within Āpaddharma. In ethical context, it frames the wife as a key support of household dharma and resilience during adversity, concluding Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, indicating that the discussion on ‘bhāryā-praśaṃsā’ (commendation of the wife) has ended and the next chapter will begin thereafter.