Shanti Parva Adhyaya 107 Shloka 106 - Mahabharata | Hindi | Vedapath

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Shloka 106

Ānṛśaṃsya, Amātya-Guṇa, and Reconciliatory Counsel (आनृशंस्य–अमात्यगुण–संधि-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के शान्तिपर्व के राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व में ‘कालकवृक्षीय’ नामक एक सौ छठा अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan (section) of instruction on royal duty

कालकवृक्षीयेin the (subsection) called Kālakavṛkṣīya

षट्six

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kālakavṛkṣīya (chapter designation)

Bhīṣma (speaker, per metadata)

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 doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as Bhīṣma’s authoritative instruction on rājadharma—how a ruler should uphold justice, order, and ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the formal conclusion of a chapter within Śānti Parva, specifically in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, identifying the chapter as “Kālakavṛkṣīya” and numbering it as the 106th.