Shloka 172

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें कृतघ्नका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ बहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antargate āpaddharma-parvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāna-viṣayaka eka-śata-dvā-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยเจ็ดสิบสอง ว่าด้วยอุปาขยานเรื่องผู้เนรคุณ ในอาปัทธรรมปัรวะ อันอยู่ในศานติปัรวะแห่งศรีมหาภารตะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीglory; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतthe Mahābhārata

शान्तिof peace; of Śānti

पर्वof the book/section (parvan)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

आपद्of calamity/distress

धर्मof dharma; duty

पर्वin the section (parvan)

कृतघ्नof the ungrateful one (Kṛtaghna)

उपाख्यानof the episode/legend

विषयकconcerning; having as its subject

एकone

शतhundred

द्विtwo

सप्ततिseventy

अध्यायchapter

पूरितcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Kṛtaghna (the ungrateful person, as topic of the tale)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s framing (as a colophon) highlights the ethical lesson of the Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna: ingratitude is a serious moral failing, and dharma requires remembering and honoring benefits received—especially when judging conduct in difficult circumstances (āpaddharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon stating that the chapter has ended. It identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Āpaddharma section) and the subject matter (the illustrative tale about an ungrateful person), marking the completion of that episode.