Shloka 171

Prajñā as Pratiṣṭhā — Indra–Kāśyapa Saṃvāda (Śānti-parva 12.173)

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśata-ikahvattaratamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت آپدھرم پَرو میں کِرتَگھن (ناشکری) کے اُپاخیان سے متعلق ایک سو اکہترویں باب کا اختتام ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included / contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: in the Apaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)
• आपद्धर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्धर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृतघ्नस्य: of the ungrateful one (Kṛtaghna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यानविषयकः: having as its topic the episode
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकसप्ततितमः: one-hundred-and-seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed / concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Āpaddharma Parva
• Kṛtaghna (as the subject of the upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By marking the chapter as centered on the theme of kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude), the text signals an ethical lesson: forgetting or denying received help is a serious moral failing, especially relevant to dharma under hardship (āpaddharma), where mutual support and remembrance of benefaction sustain social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter has ended, identifies its placement (Śānti Parva → Āpaddharma section), and states its subject matter (the upākhyāna concerning the ungrateful).