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Shloka 139

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धार्मपर्वणि ब्रह्मुदत्तपूजन्यो: संवाद एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi brahmadattapūjanyayoḥ saṃvāda ekonacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവാന്തർഗതമായ ആപദ്ധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മദത്തനും പൂജന്യയും തമ്മിലുള്ള സംവാദം—നൂറ്റിനാൽപ്പത്തൊമ്പതാം അധ്യായം।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

ब्रह्मुदत्तपूजन्योःof Brahmudatta and Pūjanīya (the two)

संवादःdialogue; conversation

एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-fortieth (lit. 100 + 40 − 1) [chapter-number adjective]

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Brahmadatta

Pūjanya

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a teaching unit in Āpaddharma, framing the preceding material as guidance on how dharma is to be understood and applied under conditions of crisis or constraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues through embedded exempla; here the text marks the end of the Brahmadatta–Pūjanya dialogue and closes the chapter, indicating a transition to the next segment of counsel within the Śānti Parvan.