Shloka 139

Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā

Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्मदत्त और पूजनीका संवादविषयक एकसौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata āpaddharmaparvaṇi brahmadatta-pūjanikā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-unatāliśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยสามสิบเก้า ในหมวดอาปัทธรรม อันอยู่ในศานติปรวะแห่งมหาภารตอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ว่าด้วยบทสนทนาระหว่างพรหมทัตตะกับปูชนิกา ก็สิ้นสุดลงเพียงเท่านี้.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेof the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained

आपद्धर्मपर्वin the Apaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

ब्रह्मदत्तBrahmadatta (proper name)

पूजनीकाPujanika (proper name)

संवादdialogue; conversation

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकशतone hundred

उनचत्वारिंशत्तमःone-hundred-and-thirty-ninth (139th)

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Brahmadatta

Pūjanikā

Character Dynamics

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 functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Brahmadatta–Pūjanikā dialogue within Āpaddharma, framing the teaching as guidance on righteous conduct under crisis conditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal close for this chapter; the text announces that the chapter on the Brahmadatta and Pūjanikā conversation in the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.