Shloka 152

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितीये द्विपज्चाशदधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrotapārīkṣitīye dvipañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parva—khususnya Āpaddharma Parva—berakhir bab ke-152 dalam kisah mengenai Indrota dan Raja Parīkṣit.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section (sub-parva)

इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितीयेin the Indrota–Parikshitiya (subsection/chapter designation)

द्विपञ्चाशत्fifty-two

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundred-and-(something)th; 100th (ordinal base)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Āpaddharma Parvan

Indrota

Parīkṣit

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 close of a chapter and locating it within the Śānti Parvan’s Āpaddharma discussions, emphasizing that the surrounding material concerns ethical conduct under crisis rather than being a standalone doctrinal verse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the 152nd chapter of the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parvan, identifying the immediate narrative frame as an episode connected with Indrota and King Parīkṣit.