Shloka 149

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि लुब्धकस्वर्गगमने एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमोड< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें व्याधका स्वर्गलोकमें गमनविषयक एक सौ उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi lubdhakasvargagamane ekonapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในมหาภารตะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ภายในศานติปรวะ โดยเฉพาะตอนอาปัทธรรมะ ได้จบลงแล้วซึ่งบทที่ ๑๔๙ ว่าด้วยการขึ้นสวรรค์ของนายพราน

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan

लुब्धकस्वर्गगमनेin (the topic of) the hunter's going to heaven

एकोनपञ्चाशत्forty-nine (lit. one less than fifty)

अधिकadditional; plus

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma (section)

Lubdhaka (the hunter)

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in crisis (āpada), dharma is evaluated by inner intention, restraint, and corrective action; the colophon points to a narrative where a hunter—normally associated with harm—can attain a higher end, implying that ethical transformation and right resolve can redirect one’s karmic trajectory.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the chapter-ending colophon: Bhishma finishes a discourse unit in the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, marking the completion of the chapter themed around “the hunter’s ascent to heaven.”