Shanti Parva Adhyaya 162 Shloka 161 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous Verse

Next Verse→

Shloka 161

संधेयासंधेय-पुरुषनिर्णयः (Criteria for Allies and Non-Allies) — with the opening of the Gautama narrative

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि तपः:प्रशंसायामेकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi tapaḥ-praśaṃsāyām ekaṣaṣṭy-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》（Śānti Parvan）之《困厄法篇》（Āpaddharma Parvan）内，赞颂苦行（tapas）的一百六十一章告终。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

आपद्धर्मपर्वणिin the Āpaddharma-parvan (section on duties in distress)

तपःप्रशंसायाम्in the praise of austerity

एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-first (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Āpaddharma Parva

tapas (austerity)

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 functions as a colophon indicating that the chapter’s theme is the praise of tapas—disciplined austerity and self-restraint—presented within Āpaddharma, where ethical choices are examined under pressure and hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the verse marks the formal close of a chapter in the Śānti Parvan, identifying its placement (Āpaddharma section) and its subject (tapas-praśaṃsā).