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Shloka 136

अविश्वास-निति: ब्रह्मदत्त–पूजनी-संवादः

Policy of Caution: The Brahmadatta–Pūjanī Dialogue

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि षट्त्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय: ।। १३६ || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें एक सौ छत्तीयवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi ṣaṭtriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 136 ||

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت آپدّھرم پَرو میں ایک سو چھتیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا॥ ۱۳۶ ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

षट्त्रिंशत्thirty-six

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

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 is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s structure (Śānti Parvan → Āpaddharma section). It does not add a new doctrinal teaching, but it frames the preceding instruction as guidance on dharma under distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals that the 136th chapter of the Āpaddharma portion within Śānti Parvan has ended. In the broader narrative, Bhīṣma’s extended instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues across chapters; this verse functions as an editorial/structural closure.