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Shloka 112

Ālasyadoṣa-nirdeśa (On the Fault of Negligence) — The Camel’s Long-Neck Exemplum

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उष्टग्रीवोपाख्याने दादशाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi uṣṭagrīvopākhyāne dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan—plus précisément dans la section d’instruction sur les devoirs des rois (rājadharma)—s’achève le cent-douzième chapitre du récit connu sous le nom d’Upākhyāna d’Uṣṭagrīva. Ce colophon marque la clôture du chapitre et l’inscrit dans le vaste enseignement éthique sur le gouvernement juste.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (section) Anushasana-parvan concerning royal duties

उष्टग्रीवोपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of Uṣṭagrīva

द्वादशाधिकशततमःthe one hundred and twelfth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

उड्ड उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parvan

Uṣṭagrīva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching-verse: it frames the surrounding discourse as part of rājadharma (the ethical duties of rulers) and signals that the Uṣṭagrīva episode functions as an illustrative narrative within that moral-political instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally closed. The text identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parvan), the sub-section (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and the embedded tale (Uṣṭagrīva Upākhyāna), and states that this is the 112th chapter.