Shloka 169

Ākiṃcanya–Tyāga Upadeśa

The Instruction on Non-ownership and Renunciation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne ekonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément la section sur le dharma en temps de détresse (Āpaddharma)—dans l’épisode concernant l’ingrat (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), s’achève le cent soixante-neuvième chapitre.

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

• कृतघ्नोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of the ungrateful (one)
• कृतघ्नोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva (section)
• Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Āpaddharma discussions, highlighting that the surrounding material is framed as an instructive tale about kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude) and the ethical duties relevant in times of crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), and the embedded episode (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), and states that the 169th chapter has concluded.