Shloka 163

Virūpākṣa’s Dāna and Gautama’s Burden — the approach of Rājadharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्चमें लोभनिरूपणविषयक एक सौ तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparva-antargata Āpaddharmaparvaṇi lobha-nirūpaṇa-viṣayaka ekaśata-triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-third chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, a chapter devoted to examining greed (lobha).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace; Shanti
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: of the book/section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आपद्: of calamity; distress
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma; duty
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोभ: of greed
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निरूपण: of exposition; description
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरूपण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: pertaining to; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिषष्ट: sixty-three
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिषष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma (section)
• lobha (greed)