Shloka 104

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये चतुरधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye caturadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo centésimo cuarto, la sección ‘Kālaka-vṛkṣīya’, dentro de la subdivisión Rājadharma (Instrucción sobre la realeza) del Śānti Parva del venerado Mahābhārata. Este es el colofón final que señala el cierre del capítulo en el que se sitúa la guía de Bhīṣma sobre el deber real.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parvan of instruction on royal duty
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कालकवृक्षीये: in the section/chapter called Kālakavṛkṣīya
• कालकवृक्षीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकवृक्षीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुरधिकशततमः: the one hundred and fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kālaka-vṛkṣīya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Rājadharma instructions of Śānti Parva, framing Bhīṣma’s discourse on ethical kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to mark a formal textual boundary: the end of the chapter titled ‘Kālaka-vṛkṣīya’ within Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction section, where Bhīṣma is the principal instructor.