Shloka 157

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे सप्तपञठ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavaṇaśālmalisaṃvāde saptapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వమున ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వమున పవనశాల్మలీ సంభాషణలో నూట యాభై ఏడవ అధ్యాయం।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

पवनशाल्मलिसंवादेin the dialogue of Pavana and Shalmali

सप्तपञ्चाशत्fifty-seven

अधिकover; plus

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (Āpaddharmaparva)

Pavana (Wind/Vāyu)

Śālmali (tree)

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?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching as part of Āpaddharma—ethical conduct under crisis—delivered through the Pavana–Śālmali dialogue within Bhīṣma’s instruction. Its function is to locate and conclude the episode, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s method of embedding dharma-teachings in illustrative dialogues.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter: the Pavana (Wind) and Śālmali (tree) dialogue has concluded, and the compiler’s closing formula identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), and the chapter number (157th).