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Shloka 126

Gautama–Yama Saṃvāda: Mātṛ-Pitṛ-Ṛṇa (Debt to Parents) and Śubha-Loka Attainment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertsechsundzwanzigste Kapitel—Kapitel 126 des Śānti Parva des verehrten Mahābhārata—innerhalb des Abschnitts über die Unterweisung in den Pflichten des Königs (Rājadharma), in der Rede, die als Ṛṣabha-gītā bekannt ist. Dies ist ein abschließender Kolophon, der den Abschluss des Kapitels und seine Einordnung in die umfassendere ethische Lehre über Königtum und Regierung kennzeichnet.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)

ऋषभगीतासुin the Ṛṣabha-gītās (songs/chapters called Ṛṣabha-gītā)

षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred twenty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Ṛ

Ṛṣabha-gītā

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter belongs to the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction, specifically within the Ṛṣabha-gītā discourse, framing the surrounding material as ethical guidance for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally marks the end of the adhyāya and identifies its location within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, in the subsection devoted to Bhīṣma’s instruction on royal duties.