Shloka 158

Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि आपन्मूलभूतदोषकथने अष्टपञज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें आपत्तिके यूलशूत दोषका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ अद्ठावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi āpanmūlabhūtadoṣakathane aṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వంలో ‘ఆపత్తికి మూలమైన దోషాల’ వర్ణనగల నూట యాభై ఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीrevered; auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan

आपन्मूलभूतदोषकथनेin the narration of the faults that are the root-cause of calamity

अष्टपञ्चाशत्fifty-eight

अधिकmore; in addition

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

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 line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is the identification of fundamental moral faults (doṣas) that become the root causes of distress (āpada), within the broader teaching on right conduct in emergencies (āpaddharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal end-of-chapter notice: it situates the discourse within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and specifically the Āpaddharma section, and declares that the chapter on explaining the root-causing faults of calamity has concluded.