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Shloka 154

Tapas as the Root of Attainment (तपः—साधनमूलप्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे चतुष्पड्चाशदधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavanāśālmalisaṃvāde catuṣpaṇcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

पवनशाल्मलिसंवादेin the dialogue of Pavana and Śālmali

चतुष्पञ्चाशत्fifty-four

अधिकin excess; plus

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Āpaddharma Parvan

Pavana (Wind)

Śālmalī (silk-cotton tree)

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 verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the completion of a dharma-in-distress (āpaddharma) discussion framed as a dialogue between Pavana and the Śālmalī tree, emphasizing that ethical instruction is being delivered through a narrative conversation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the Pavana–Śālmalī dialogue within the Āpaddharma portion of the Śānti Parvan and identifies the chapter count, functioning as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than advancing the story events.