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Shloka 150

Nārada–Vāyu–Śalmali Upākhyāna: Enmity with the Strong and the Primacy of Buddhi (नारद-वायु-शल्मलि उपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितीयसंवादे पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrotapārīkṣitīyasaṃvāde pañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສີຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະ»—ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ອາປັດທະທຳມະປະຣະວະ» (ທຳມະໃນຍາມຄັບຂັນ) ໃນບົດສົນທະນາກ່ຽວກັບ ອິນໂດຣຕະ ແລະ ພະຣາຊາ ປາຣິກຊິດ, ບົດທີ 150 ກໍສິ້ນສຸດລົງເທົ່ານີ້.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितीयसंवादेin the dialogue of Indra and Utpārīkṣitīya

पञ्चाशत्fifty

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Indrota

Parīkṣit

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a doctrinal verse. Its function is to locate the teaching within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Śānti Parva, the Āpaddharma section—and to indicate that the Indrota–Parīkṣit dialogue’s chapter has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative voice signals the end of a chapter: within Bhīṣma’s larger instruction in Śānti Parva, the specific dialogue involving Indrota and King Parīkṣit reaches its chapter conclusion, and the text formally marks the chapter number.