Shloka 153

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि गृध्रगोमायुसंवादे कुमारसंजीवने त्रिपउचाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi gṛdhragomāyusaṃvāde kumārasaṃjīvane tripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ઇતિ શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વમાં, આપદ્ધર્મપર્વના અંતર્ગત, ગૃધ્ર અને ગોમાયુના સંવાદમાં, કુમાર-સંજીવન પ્રસંગમાં, એકસો ત્રેપનમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

गृध्रगोमायुसंवादेin the dialogue of the vulture and the jackal

कुमारसंजीवनेin (the episode of) reviving the prince

त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fifty-third (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Gṛdhra (vulture)

Gomāyu (jackal)

Kumāra (the boy)

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?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter and situating it within the Āpaddharma material of the Śānti Parvan. The framing emphasizes that the surrounding discourse treats ethical conduct under distress, conveyed through an instructive animal dialogue and an episode centered on restoring life (reviving a boy).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Āpaddharma Parvan), and the specific narrative unit (the dialogue between the vulture and the jackal, connected with the episode of reviving the boy), and then states the chapter number as the 153rd.