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Shloka 110

Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि दुर्गातितरणं नाम दशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi durgātitaraṇaṃ nāma daśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಶಾಂತಿಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ರಾಜಧರ್ಮಾನುಶಾಸನಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ‘ದುರ್ಗಾತಿತರಣಂ’ ಎಂಬ ನೂರ ಹತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quotation marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharma-anushasana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)

दुर्गातितरणम्"Crossing difficulties" (title)

नामnamed; called

दशाधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-tenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Durgātitaraṇa (chapter title)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (royal duty). By naming the chapter “Crossing Difficult Straits,” it frames kingship as an ethical discipline of navigating crises through dharma-guided judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the internal section (instruction on royal duties), and the chapter number and title, signaling the end of that adhyāya.