Shloka 126

आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनिशासनपर्वमें ऋषभगीताविषयक एक सौ छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmaśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāviṣayaka ekaśataṣaḍviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-sixth chapter on the subject of the Ṛṣabha-gītā, within the Rājadharmaśāsana section of the Śānti Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata. This closing colophon marks the completion of a discourse framed as instruction in righteous governance and ethical order.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऋषभगीताविषयक: concerning the Rishabha-gita
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषभगीताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतषड्विंशतितमः: one hundred and twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषड्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmaśāsana-parvan
• Ṛṣabha-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter whose topic is the Ṛṣabha-gītā within the broader instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties of kings and governance) in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: the compiler/editorial voice marks that the 126th chapter on the Ṛṣabha-gītā topic, situated inside the Rājadharmaśāsana section of Śānti Parva, has concluded.