Shloka 139

Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā

Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्मदत्त और पूजनीका संवादविषयक एकसौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata āpaddharmaparvaṇi brahmadatta-pūjanikā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-unatāliśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento treinta y nueve de la sección Āpaddharma, contenida en el Śānti Parva del sagrado Mahābhārata, relativo al diálogo entre Brahmadatta y Pūjanikā. La narración cierra esta unidad, señalando el término de un episodio de enseñanza sobre la conducta en tiempos de aflicción e incertidumbre moral.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• शान्तिपर्वके: of the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• आपद्धर्मपर्व: in the Apaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)
• आपद्धर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मदत्त: Brahmadatta (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूजनीका: Pujanika (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजनीका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• संवाद: dialogue; conversation
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एकशत: one hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उनचत्वारिंशत्तमः: one-hundred-and-thirty-ninth (139th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उनचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Brahmadatta
• Pūjanikā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Brahmadatta–Pūjanikā dialogue within Āpaddharma, framing the teaching as guidance on righteous conduct under crisis conditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal close for this chapter; the text announces that the chapter on the Brahmadatta and Pūjanikā conversation in the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.