Shloka 129
Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि यमगौतमसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi yamagautamasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Rājadharmānuśāsana—berakhir bab ke-129 yang mempersembahkan dialog antara Yama dan Gautama. Kolofon penutup ini menandakan selesainya satu rangkaian ajaran tentang pemerintahan yang benar dan hukum moral, sebagaimana dihuraikan melalui pertukaran kata-kata mereka.
यम उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.