Shloka 162

Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma

Nāḍījaṅgha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि सत्यप्रशंसायां द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi satyapraśaṃsāyāṃ dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि सत्यप्रशंसायां द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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 duties in distress)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्यप्रशंसायाम्: in the (subsection) ‘Praise of Truth’
• सत्यप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्टि: sixty-two
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विषष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva (section)
• Satya (Truth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose stated theme is satya-praśaṃsā—praise of truth—situated within Āpaddharma, implying that truthfulness remains a central ethical value even when one is under pressure or in crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an editorial/narrative closing formula: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), the topic (praise of truth), and states that the 162nd chapter has concluded.