Shloka 109

Jaitrya-nimitta: Signs of Prospective Victory and the Priority of Conciliation (जयलक्षण-निमित्त तथा सान्त्व-प्रधान नीति)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें विजयाथिलाषी राजाका बरतावविषयक एक सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijayābhilāṣiṇaḥ rājñaḥ vartāvaviṣayakaḥ ekottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—insbesondere im Rājadharmānuśāsana (Unterweisung über die königliche Pflicht)—das Kapitel über das Verhalten eines nach Sieg verlangenden Königs.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata (in) the Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

राज-धर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व-मेंin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan

विजय-अभिलाषीdesirous of victory

राज्ञःof the king

वर्ताव-विषयकःconcerning conduct/behavior

एक-शत-एकःone hundred and one (101st)

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

rājā (the king, generic)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 marking the completion of a teaching unit: the pursuit of victory by a ruler must be governed by rājadharma—ethical restraint, proper conduct, and disciplined governance—rather than mere ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction. Bhīṣma’s discourse (as the overarching speaker in this section) has concluded for this chapter, and the compilation notes its completion.