Shloka 160

त्रिवर्गविचारः

Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि दमक थने षष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें दमका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi damakathane ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိမဟာဘာရတ၌၊ ရှာန္တိပရဝ၌—အထူးသဖြင့် အာပဒ္ဓရမပရဝ (အကျပ်အတည်းကာလ၌ ဓမ္မ) အပိုင်းအတွင်း—ဒမ (Dama) အကြောင်းကို ဖော်ပြသော အခန်းတစ်ရာခြောက်ဆယ်မြောက်သည် ပြီးဆုံးလေ၏။ ဤသည်မှာ အခန်းပိတ်စာ (colophon) ဖြစ်၍၊ အခက်အခဲအောက်၌ မှန်ကန်သော အကျင့်ဓမ္မကို ညွှန်ပြသည့် သင်ခန်းစာပိုင်း၏ အဆုံးကို သတ်မှတ်ပေးသည်။

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on dharma in distress)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दमकथने: in the narration/account of Dama
• दमकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षष्ट्यधिकशततमः: one-hundred-and-sixtieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Āpaddharma Parvan
• Dama
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing: it signals that the preceding material belongs to Āpaddharma—ethical reasoning for times of crisis—implying that dharma is context-sensitive and must be applied with discernment under adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal close for the unit: the account concerning Dama within the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parvan is concluded, and the text marks the completion of the 160th chapter.