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Shloka 119

मयूरवद्राजधर्मः (Mayūra-vat Rāja-dharma) — The Peacock-Model of Protective Kingship

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravarṣi-saṃvāde ekonaviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the section on the instruction of royal duties (Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva)—in the dialogue involving the sage Śrava, ends the one-hundred-and-nineteenth chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan of instruction on royal duties

श्रवर्षिसंवादेin the dialogue with the sage Śrava (Śrava-ṛṣi)

एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-nineteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Śrava (ṛṣi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 functions as a colophon, marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of Śānti Parva; it frames the surrounding material as ethical guidance on kingship and governance delivered in a sage-dialogue setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section on royal duties, and notes that the chapter count here is the 119th, within a dialogue associated with the sage Śrava.