Shloka 122

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि दण्डोत्पत्युपाख्याने द्वाविशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi daṇḍotpatti-upākhyāne dvāviśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-second chapter in the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, in the subsidiary narrative on the origin of daṇḍa.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan (section) of instruction on royal duty

दण्डोत्पत्युपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) on the origin of punishment/rod (daṇḍa)

द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and twenty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Daṇḍotpatti Upākhyāna

Daṇḍa

Character Dynamics

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 within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. By naming the 'origin of daṇḍa' narrative, it frames the ethical theme that legitimate punishment and coercive authority are foundational instruments of righteous governance when aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event is narrated here; it is a formal closing statement identifying the textual location: Śānti Parva → rājadharma instruction section → the sub-story on the emergence of daṇḍa, and it notes the chapter count.