Shloka 172

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں، آپدھرم پَرو میں، کِرتَگھن اُپاخیان کا دو-سپتتی-ادھک-شتتم (ایک سو بہترواں) باب۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Apaddharma section

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

द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe 172nd

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a didactic episode in the Āpaddharma context, where ethical reflection centers on the seriousness of kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude) and the expectation that one should remember and repay benefits received—especially when dharma is tested by hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is not part of the story’s dialogue but a formal closing statement: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), the embedded tale (Kṛtaghna-upākhyāna), and the chapter count (172nd), marking the end of that chapter’s discourse.