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Shloka 123

Śīla-prāpti and Śīla-lakṣaṇa (शीलप्राप्ति-शीललक्षणम्) | On the Acquisition and Marks of Character

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कामन्दकाड्रिष्ठसंवादे त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kāmandakā-dṛṣṭha-saṃvāde trayoviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet hier im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über die Unterweisung in der Königspflicht (Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva)—im Gespräch zwischen Kāmandaka und Dṛṣṭha das einhundertdreiundzwanzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) of instruction on kingly duties

कामन्दकाड्रिष्ठसंवादेin the dialogue of Kamandaka and Drishta

त्रयोविंशतिtwenty-three

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कामन्दक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kāmandaka

Dṛṣṭha

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 is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of the Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding material as instruction on rājadharma—ethical and practical duties of kings and governance—delivered through the dialogue of Kāmandaka and Dṛṣṭha.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally concluding a chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-parva/section (Rājadharmānuśāsana), the speakers involved (Kāmandaka and Dṛṣṭha), and states that the chapter count has reached the 123rd.