Shloka 84

सान्त्व-निति: (Sāntva-Nīti) — The One-Word Principle of Conciliation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि इन्द्रबृूहस्पतिसंवादे चतुरशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indrabṛhaspatisamvāde caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصلُ الرابعُ والثمانون من حوار إندرا وبْرِهَسْبَتي (Indra–Bṛhaspati) في «المهابهاراتا»، ضمن «بارفا شانتي»—وخاصةً في قسم الإرشاد المتعلّق بدَرْمَة الملوك. وتشير خاتمةُ النصّ (الكولوفون) إلى اكتمال وحدةٍ من التعاليم في الحكم بالحقّ وأخلاق سياسة الدولة كما نُقلت عبر هذا الحوار.

Word by Word

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

• śrī: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• mahābhārate: in the Mahābhārata
• mahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• śāntiparvaṇi: in the Śānti-parvan
• śāntiparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: in the (sub-)parvan on instruction in royal duties
• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-dharma-anuśāsana-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvāde: in the dialogue of Indra and Bṛhaspati
• indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvāde: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• caturaśītitamaḥ: eighty-fifth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturaśīti-tama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Indra
• Bṛhaspati