Shloka 110

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि दुर्गातितरणं नाम दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi durgātitaraṇaṃ nāma daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on instruction concerning the king’s duties—ends the one-hundred-and-tenth chapter, entitled “Crossing Difficult Straits.”

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

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

दुर्गातितरणम्"Crossing difficulties" (title)

नामnamed; called

दशाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-tenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Durgātitaraṇa (chapter title)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (royal duty). By naming the chapter “Crossing Difficult Straits,” it frames kingship as an ethical discipline of navigating crises through dharma-guided judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the internal section (instruction on royal duties), and the chapter number and title, signaling the end of that adhyāya.