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Shloka 113

Vetasa-Nīti: The Reed and the Flood (वेतस-नीति)

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि सरित्सागरसंवादे त्रयोदशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi saritsāgarasaṃvāde trayodaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Así, en el venerable Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva—en particular, en la sección de instrucción sobre el dharma real—concluye el capítulo centésimo decimotercero, que presenta el diálogo entre los ríos y el océano.

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'
श्री:
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata
महाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan
शान्तिपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशान्तिपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in kingly duties)
राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सरित्सागरसंवादेin the dialogue between the rivers and the ocean
सरित्सागरसंवादे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसरित्सागरसंवाद
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
त्रयोदशाधिकशततमःone hundred and thirteenth
त्रयोदशाधिकशततमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रयोदशाधिकशततम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
Mahābhārata
Ś
Śānti Parva
R
Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
R
Rivers (saritaḥ)
O
Ocean (sāgaraḥ)

Educational Q&A

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of the Shanti Parva, framing the preceding material as ethical guidance for governance delivered through the ‘rivers and ocean’ dialogue.

Bhishma concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement in the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva, Rajadharma instruction section) and identifying its topic as the discourse between the rivers and the ocean, signaling the end of that chapter’s teaching unit.