Shloka 106

Gaṇānāṃ Vṛttiḥ — On the Sustenance and Cohesion of Assemblies

Gaṇa-nīti

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें कालकवृक्षीय गुनिका उपदेशविषयक एक सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antaragate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīya-guṇikopadeśa-viṣayaka ekaśata-ṣaṣṭhaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ບົດທີ 106 ໃນມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ພາກສັນຕິ (Śānti Parvan) ພາຍໃນພາກວ່າດ້ວຍການອະນຸສາສະນາທຳຂອງກະສັດ (Rājadharmānuśāsana) ອັນກ່ຽວກັບອຸປະມາ “ຕົ້ນໄມ້ແຫ່ງກາລະ” ແລະ ຄຳຕັກເຕືອນຂອງ ກຸນິກາ ກໍສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ນີ້ເປັນການປິດທ້າຍຂອງຫົວຂໍ້ໜຶ່ງໃນຄຳຊີ້ນຳຂອງພີສະມະ ວ່າຜູ້ປົກຄອງຄວນເຂົ້າໃຈກາລະ, ຄວາມບໍ່ທົນທານ, ແລະ ຄວາມປະພຶດອັນຖືກຕ້ອງແນວໃດ.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: auspicious; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: the Mahabharata
• महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the Parva/Book
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्म: in (the section on) kingly duties
• राजधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासन: in the instruction/discipline (sub-parva)
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the Parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कालकवृक्षीय: of/relating to Kālakavṛkṣa (name/epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकवृक्षीय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुणिका: of Guṇikā (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणिका
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उपदेश: of instruction; teaching
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• षष्ठ: sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरा: complete; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic/colloquial Hindi equivalent), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kāla (Time)
• Kālakavṛkṣa (Tree of Time motif)
• Guṇikā
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a concluding notice, it signals that the chapter’s instruction centers on rāja-dharma framed through the allegory of Time (kāla)—urging rulers to act with discipline and foresight, recognizing impermanence and the inevitability of change.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter within Śānti Parvan’s rāja-dharma instruction. Bhīṣma’s discourse segment associated with Guṇikā and the ‘Tree of Time’ theme is formally closed.