Shloka 164

Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें नशंयका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate āpaddharmaparvaṇi naśaṃyā-varṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଆପଦ୍ଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ ‘ନଶଂୟା’ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନବିଷୟକ ଏକଶେ ଚଉଷଠିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Apaddharma-parvan
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नशंस्यायाः: of (the topic of) Nashaṁsyā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नशंस्या
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णन: description
• वर्णन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning / pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चतुःषष्टितम: sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Naśaṃyā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it signals that the preceding discourse belonged to Āpaddharma (conduct in adversity) and that the chapter’s topic was the description of “Naśaṃyā.”

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, indicating that the discussion attributed to Bhīṣma has reached its end for this adhyāya.