Shloka 115

Śānti Parva 116: Criteria for Royal Servants and Administrative Competence (भृत्य-गुण-प्रश्नः / राजसेवक-लक्षणम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि पजञ्चदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ບົດທີ 115 ໃນ ສານຕິປະວະ (Śānti Parva) ແຫ່ງ ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ພາຍໃນພາກ ຣາຊະທັມມານຸສາສະນະ (Rājadharma) ກໍໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ນີ້ແມ່ນຂໍ້ຄໍາປິດທ້າຍ (colophon) ເພື່ອຊີ້ບອກການປິດບົດ ທີ່ໃນນັ້ນ ຄໍາຊີ້ນໍາຂອງ ພີສະມະ ວ່າດ້ວຍການເປັນກະສັດ ແລະ ການປົກຄອງ ໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດສໍາລັບພາກນີ້.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of a ruler), framing the surrounding discourse as guidance on righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva, within the Rājadharma instruction section. It functions as an editorial marker indicating that the preceding teaching unit has concluded.