Shloka 155

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे पजञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavaṇaśālmalisaṃvāde pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

“Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parva, pada Āpaddharma Parva, dalam dialog antara Pavaṇa (Angin) dan Śālmalī, berakhirlah bab yang ke-seratus lima puluh enam.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

पवनशाल्मलिसंवादेin the dialogue of Pavana and Shalmali

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्fifty-five

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Pavaṇa (Vāyu)

Śālmali

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 is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching by locating it in the Āpaddharma inquiry of Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the surrounding discussion concerns ethical conduct under adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of a chapter within the Pavaṇa–Śālmali dialogue, formally closing Adhyāya 156 and identifying its placement in Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section.