Shloka 104

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें कालकवृक्षीय गुनिका उपदेशविषयक एक सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīya-guṇikopadeśa-viṣayaka ekaśata-caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die königliche Pflicht (Rājadharmānuśāsana)—das hundertvierte Kapitel, das die Lehre behandelt, die als der „Kālakavṛkṣīya“-Rat der Guṇikā bekannt ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीglory; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

शान्तिof peace; Shanti

पर्वin the Parva/section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

राजधर्मof royal duty (rāja-dharma)

अनुशासनof instruction; discipline

पर्वin the Parva/section

कालकवृक्षीयof/relating to Kālakavṛkṣa (proper name/epithet)

गुणिकाof Guṇikā (proper name)

उपदेशof instruction; teaching

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

चतुर्थfourth

अध्यायchapter

पूरःwas completed/filled (i.e., ended)

अभवत्became; was

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Guṇikā

Kālakavṛkṣa (topic designation)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

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 within Rājadharma: it frames the preceding material as ethical instruction for rulers, attributed to the ‘Guṇikā’ counsel under the designation ‘Kālakavṛkṣīya’.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the 104th chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion inside the Śānti Parva, signaling that the specific discourse/topic (Guṇikā’s instruction, labeled Kālakavṛkṣīya) has concluded.