Shloka 111

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि व्याप्रगोमायुसंवादे एकादशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vyāpragomāyusaṃvāde ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parva, bagian Rājadharmānuśāsana, berakhir bab ke-111 berupa dialog antara Vyāghra (harimau) dan Gomāyu (jakal).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• 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 Rājadharma-anuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duty)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्याप्रगोमायुसंवादे: in the dialogue of the tiger and the jackal
• व्याप्रगोमायुसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्रगोमायुसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकादशाधिकशततमः: one-hundred-and-eleventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Vyāpra
• Gomāyu (jackal)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties of kings) conveyed through a didactic dialogue (Vyāpra and Gomāyu), emphasizing that political power is to be guided by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira continues in the Śānti Parva; here the text marks the close of a chapter within the rājadharma instruction section, identifying it as the conclusion of the Vyāpra–Gomāyu dialogue and numbering it as the 111th chapter.