Shloka 129

Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि यमगौतमसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi yamagautamasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—cụ thể là phần Rājadharmānuśāsana—chương thứ một trăm hai mươi chín, trình bày cuộc đối thoại giữa Diêm Vương và Gautama, đã kết thúc. Lời kết này báo hiệu sự hoàn tất một mạch giáo huấn về trị quốc theo chính pháp và luật tắc đạo đức, được triển khai qua cuộc đối thoại của hai vị.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana section (sub-parva)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यमगौतमसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yama and Gautama
• यमगौतमसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमगौतमसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनत्रिंशत्: twenty-nine
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकोनत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Gautama
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Rājadharma (royal ethics) instruction: it frames the preceding material as authoritative guidance on justice and righteous governance, delivered through the dialogue of Yama (moral-judicial authority) and the sage Gautama.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit concludes: the text announces that the Yama–Gautama dialogue section has completed its 129th chapter within the Śānti Parva’s royal-dharma instruction, functioning as a formal closing statement rather than a new doctrinal verse.