Shloka 127

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on the instruction of royal duties (Rājadharma-anuśāsana)—the one-hundred-and-twenty-seventh chapter of the Ṛṣabha-gītā. This is a concluding colophon marking the completion of the chapter’s teaching on kingship and ethical governance.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on royal duties

ऋषभगीतासुin the (section called) Ṛṣabha-gītās

सप्तविंशतिtwenty-seven

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva

Ṛ

Ṛṣabha-gītā

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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 within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (ethical kingship), framing the preceding material as authoritative guidance on governance and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally locates the chapter within the Mahābhārata (Śānti Parva, Rājadharma-anuśāsana section) and names it as part of the Ṛṣabha-gītā material, indicating the end of that adhyāya’s discourse.