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Shloka 135

Sandhi–Vigraha in Āpada: The Mouse and the Cat (सन्धिविग्रहापदि—मूषकमार्जारसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कायव्यचरिते पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kāyavyacarite pañcatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так, в священной «Махабхарате», в «Шанти-парве» (Śānti Parva) — а именно в разделе об Āпаддхарме (Āpaddharma), о должном поведении во времена бедствий, в подтеме «Кайавья-чарита» (Kāyavya-carita) — завершается сто тридцать пятая глава.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

कायव्यचरितेin the (subsection) called Kāyavya-carita

पञ्चत्रिंशत्thirty-five

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

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 marking the close of a chapter; it frames the surrounding discourse as instruction on dharma—especially right conduct during adversity (āpaddharma), with emphasis here on bodily behavior and discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the 135th chapter within the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section. It functions as an editorial closure rather than a spoken verse advancing the story.