Shloka 120
Daṇḍa-svarūpa-nirūpaṇa
The Nature, Forms, and Function of Daṇḍa
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राजधर्मकथने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rājadharmakathane viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Rājadharmānuśāsana, l’instruction sur les devoirs des rois—s’achève le cent vingtième chapitre, dans l’exposé sur le rājadharma. (Il s’agit d’un colophon marquant la clôture du chapitre, et non d’un enseignement prononcé.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties and responsibilities of a ruler).
The text is concluding a chapter of Bhīṣma’s extended counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on statecraft and righteous governance; the colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and the chapter number.