Shloka 116

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें कुत्ता और ऋषिका संवादविषयक एक सौ योलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kukkura-ṛṣikā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśataṣoḍaśottara-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo centésimo decimosexto (116) del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección de instrucción sobre los deberes del rey (Rājadharmānuśāsana), relativo al diálogo entre un perro y una asceta. Esta fórmula de cierre señala la culminación de esa unidad narrativa de enseñanza moral, enmarcada como guía para el gobierno justo y la conducta recta.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included / contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana section (parvan)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुत्तऋषिकासंवादविषयकः: having as its topic the dialogue of the dog and the rishika
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्तऋषिकासंवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतषोडशः: one hundred and sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषोडश
• 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 (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Dog (kukkura)
• Female ascetic (ṛṣikā)
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding dog–female-ascetic dialogue as part of Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma, implying that ethical discernment and righteous conduct are to be learned even through illustrative conversations and exempla.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has concluded: the text formally announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between a dog and a female ascetic—embedded within the Śānti Parva’s royal-duties instruction—has been completed.