Shloka 128

Āpad-dharma and Discernment in Livelihood (आपद्धर्मे विज्ञानबलम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुिशासनपर्वमें ऋषभगीताविषयक एक सौ अद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antargata rājadharmānuśāsana-parvaṇi ṛṣabha-gītā-viṣayaka eka-śata-aṣṭāviṁśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

至此，在尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤于《王法训诫》部分（Rājadharmānuśāsana），论及名为“犀牛歌”（Ṛṣabha-gītā）之教诲的第一百二十八章告终。

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• 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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऋषभगीताविषयकः: concerning the Rishabha-gita
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषभगीताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशताष्टाविंशतितमः: one hundred twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशताष्टाविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan
• Ṛṣabha-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Ṛṣabha-gītā within the Rājadharma (duties of kings) instructional material of the Śānti Parva; it signals a transition point in the didactic exposition rather than adding new doctrine in itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter: it states that, in the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva—within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section—the 128th chapter on the topic of Ṛṣabha-gītā has ended.