Shloka 167

Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि षड्जगीतायां सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi ṣaḍjagītāyāṃ saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారతే శాంతిపర్వణి ఆపద్ధర్మపర్వణి షడ్జగీతాయాం సప్తషష్ట్యధికశతతమోఽధ్యాయః.

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

• षड्जगीतायाम्: in the Ṣaḍja-gītā (the ‘song’/section named Ṣaḍja)
• षड्जगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड्जगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• षष्टि: sixty
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Āpaddharma Parvan
• Ṣaḍja-gītā
• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the preceding teaching belongs to the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parvan, framing the ethical focus as dharma adapted to crisis and constraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s formal closing formula marks the end of a chapter/discourse titled “Ṣaḍja-gītā,” identifying its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan and the Āpaddharma subdivision.