Shloka 143

कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च

The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कपोतलुब्धकसंवादोपक्रमे त्रिचत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें कपोत और व्याधके संवादका उपक्रमविषयक एक सौ तैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kapota-lubdhaka-saṃvāda-upakrame tricatvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వంలో కపోత-లుబ్ధక సంభాషణోపక్రమ విషయమైన నూట నలభైమూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section (parvan)

कपोतलुब्धकसंवादोपक्रमेin the introductory topic of the dialogue between the pigeon and the hunter

त्रिचत्वारिंशदाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-forty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (Āpaddharma-parvan)

Kapota (dove)

Lubdhaka (hunter)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not state a doctrine, but it frames the ethical purpose of the coming episode: in Āpaddharma, dharma is tested under pressure, and the kapota–lubdhaka dialogue is introduced as a vehicle to examine compassion, restraint, and right conduct when survival and duty conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter-ending colophon announces that the 143rd chapter has concluded and that the text is entering the introductory portion of the dialogue between the dove and the hunter within the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parva.