Shloka 166

Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमयहाभारत थान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें खड॒गकी उत्पत्तिका कथनविषयक एक सौ छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antaragate āpaddharmaparvaṇi khaḍgasya utpattikathana-viṣayakaḥ ekaśata-ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-sixth chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, dealing with the account of the origin of the sword.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: glory/auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained 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

• पर्व: in the section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• खड्ग: of the sword
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• की: of (Hindi genitive marker; corresponds to Sanskrit genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्ति: of the origin/production
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• का: of (Hindi genitive marker; corresponds to Sanskrit genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कथन: of the narration/statement
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/relating to
• 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

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• षष्टितम: sixtieth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: 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, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• khaḍga (sword)