Shanti Parva Adhyaya 174 Shloka 173 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

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Shloka 173

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne trisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ここに、『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の『シャーンティ・パルヴァ』、その『アーパッド・ダルマ・パルヴァ』における「恩知らずの譬話（クリタグナ・ウパーキャーナ）」は、第百七十三章をもって終わる。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

कृतघ्नोपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of the ungrateful one

त्रिसप्तत्यधिकशततमःone hundred seventy-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter and situating it within the Āpaddharma material; by naming the Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna, it highlights the ethical focus on gratitude versus ingratitude as a key concern in discussions of right conduct, especially under hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter-ending formula: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-section (Āpaddharma), and the specific embedded tale (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), and then states the chapter number as a closure marker.