Shanti Parva Adhyaya 130 Shloka 129 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 129

Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि यमगौतमसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi yamagautamasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात यम-गौतम संवादविषयक एकशे एकोणचाळीस? (नाही) एकशे एकोणतीसावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana section (sub-parva)

यमगौतमसंवादेin the dialogue of Yama and Gautama

एकोनत्रिंशत्twenty-nine

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Gautama

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

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 verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Rājadharma (royal ethics) instruction: it frames the preceding material as authoritative guidance on justice and righteous governance, delivered through the dialogue of Yama (moral-judicial authority) and the sage Gautama.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit concludes: the text announces that the Yama–Gautama dialogue section has completed its 129th chapter within the Śānti Parva’s royal-dharma instruction, functioning as a formal closing statement rather than a new doctrinal verse.