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Shloka 169

Ākiṃcanya–Tyāga Upadeśa

The Instruction on Non-ownership and Renunciation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne ekonasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں، آپدھرم پَرو کے اندر، کِرتَگھن اُپاکھیان میں، ایک سو انہترواں (169واں) ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

कृतघ्नोपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of the ungrateful (one)

एकोनसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva (section)

Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna

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 within the Āpaddharma discussions, highlighting that the surrounding material is framed as an instructive tale about kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude) and the ethical duties relevant in times of crisis.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), and the embedded episode (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), and states that the 169th chapter has concluded.