Shloka 161

संधेयासंधेय-पुरुषनिर्णयः (Criteria for Allies and Non-Allies) — with the opening of the Gautama narrative

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि तपः:प्रशंसायामेकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi tapaḥ-praśaṃsāyām ekaṣaṣṭy-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వమునందలి ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వములో తపఃప్రశంసా విషయమైన నూట అరవై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమగును.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• 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

• तपःप्रशंसायाम्: in the praise of austerity
• तपःप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपःप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-first (chapter)
• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• 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
• tapas (austerity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon indicating that the chapter’s theme is the praise of tapas—disciplined austerity and self-restraint—presented within Āpaddharma, where ethical choices are examined under pressure and hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the verse marks the formal close of a chapter in the Śānti Parvan, identifying its placement (Āpaddharma section) and its subject (tapas-praśaṃsā).