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Shloka 170

निर्वेदोपदेशः (Nirveda-Upadeśa) — Maṅki’s Dispassion and the Limits of Wealth-Seeking

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne saptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने सप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

कृतघ्नोपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of the ungrateful one

सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-seventieth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (Āpaddharma-parvan/section)

Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna (Tale of the Ungrateful)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the conclusion of a chapter within the Āpaddharma teachings, framed through the “Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna,” highlighting that ethical instruction is being conveyed via an illustrative tale—especially concerning the vice of ingratitude and the standards of right conduct under distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story events; it is formally closing the chapter, identifying its placement: Śānti Parva → Āpaddharma section → the sub-episode called Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna, and stating that this is the 170th chapter.