Shloka 164

Virūpākṣa’s Dāna and Gautama’s Burden — the approach of Rājadharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि नृशंसाख्याने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi nṛśaṃsākhyāne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వములో, ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వ విభాగమునకు చెందిన ‘నృశంస’ాఖ్యానములో నూట అరవై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Apaddharma section (parva)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नृशंसाख्याने: in the narrative called 'Nrishamsa'
• नृशंसाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृशंसाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth
• चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• 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
• Nṛśaṃsa (ākhyāna)