Shloka 159

Khaḍgotpattiḥ (Origin and Dharmic Function of the Sword) | खड्गोत्पत्तिः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि अज्ञानमाहात्म्ये एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi ajñānamāhātmye ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section de l’Āpaddharma, la conduite à tenir en temps de détresse—s’achève le cent cinquante-neuvième chapitre, consacré à la « grandeur (ou portée) de l’ignorance ». Telle est la formule de colophon, selon l’usage, marquant la clôture du chapitre dans l’enseignement de Bhīṣma sur le dharma.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: great (as part of the title)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Mahābhārata
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अज्ञानमाहात्म्ये: in the (subsection) ‘Greatness of Ignorance’
• अज्ञानमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञानमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• 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 (Āpaddharma-parva)
• Ajñānamāhātmya (topic/title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the end of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, locating it within Śānti Parva and the Āpaddharma section, and naming the chapter’s theme as ‘Ajñānamāhātmya’ (the significance of ignorance).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter of Bhīṣma’s extended counsel (in Śānti Parva) by formally stating the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-section (Āpaddharma), the chapter theme (Ajñānamāhātmya), and the chapter number (159).