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

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-sixty-third chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in which the nature and workings of greed (lobha) are examined. This colophon marks the completion of Bhīṣma’s discourse on how greed distorts judgment and undermines dharma, especially in times of crisis.

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)