Shloka 144

लुब्धक-कपोत-कपोती-आख्यानम्

The Hunter and the Pigeon Couple: Expiation and Refuge-Ethics

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि भार्याप्रशंसायां चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi bhāryāpraśaṃsāyāṃ catuścatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section sur la conduite en temps de détresse (Āpaddharma)—s’achève le chapitre consacré à l’éloge de l’épouse : le cent quarante-quatrième chapitre est terminé. Ce colophon marque la fin de l’enseignement de Bhīṣma sur la valeur éthique de l’épouse, partenaire qui soutient le dharma, surtout dans l’adversité.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भार्याप्रशंसायाम्: in (the topic of) praise of the wife
• भार्याप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्याप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• चतुःचत्वारिंशत्: forty-four (lit. four-and-forty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: more; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Bhāryā (wife) (topic)
• Bhīṣma (speaker, per given metadata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose theme is the praise of the wife within Āpaddharma. In ethical context, it frames the wife as a key support of household dharma and resilience during adversity, concluding Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, indicating that the discussion on ‘bhāryā-praśaṃsā’ (commendation of the wife) has ended and the next chapter will begin thereafter.