Shloka 125

आशा-कृशता उपाख्यानम्

The Episode on the Emaciation Caused by Hope

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु पज्चविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu pañcaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le vénérable Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section d’instruction sur le devoir royal (Rājadharma)—dans les passages appelés Ṛṣabha-gītā, s’achève le cent vingt-cinquième chapitre.

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

• ऋषभगीतासु: in the Ṛṣabha-gītās (songs/chapters called Ṛṣabha-gītā)
• ऋषभगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• पञ्चविंशति: twenty-five
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: one hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• 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
• Ṛṣabha-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (royal duty). Its function is to situate the teaching within the Śānti Parva’s ethical framework of governance and to signal completion of the chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally states the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-section on royal instruction (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and identifies the chapter number as the 125th within the Ṛṣabha-gītā passages.