Shloka 148

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कपोतस्वर्गगमने अष्टचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें कबृतरका स्वर्गगमनविषयक एक सौ अड़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kapotasvargagamane aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva—en particular, en la sección sobre el dharma en tiempos de aflicción (Āpaddharma)—concluye el capítulo ciento cuarenta y ocho, relativo al ascenso del ave paloma al cielo. (Este colofón señala el cierre del ejemplo moral: la compasión firme y el sacrificio de sí, aun bajo extrema adversidad, se afirman como portadores de dharma y conductores al cielo.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

कपोतस्वर्गगमनेin (the topic of) the pigeon’s going to heaven

अष्टचत्वारिंशत्forty-eight

अधिकmore; additional

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Kapota (the dove)

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon closes a didactic episode in Āpaddharma: even in crisis, dharma is upheld through compassion and protection of the vulnerable; such steadfast ethical conduct is portrayed as spiritually elevating (svarga-leading).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the 148th chapter—about the dove’s ascent to heaven—has concluded within the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section.