Shloka 120

Daṇḍa-svarūpa-nirūpaṇa

The Nature, Forms, and Function of Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राजधर्मकथने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rājadharmakathane viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະ» ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ຣາຊະທັມມານຸສາສະນະ» ອັນເປັນການສອນເຖິງໜ້າທີ່ຂອງກະສັດ—ບົດທີ ໑໒໐ ໃນການກ່າວເຖິງຣາຊະທັມ ໄດ້ສຳເລັດລົງແລ້ວ. (ນີ້ແມ່ນຂໍ້ປິດບົດ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຄຳສອນທີ່ຖືກກ່າວໂດຍຕົວລະຄອນ.)

Word by Word

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

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parva (section) of instruction on royal duty
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मकथने: in the narration/discourse on royal duty
• राजधर्मकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विंशति: twenty
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: the hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma (royal dharma)
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties and responsibilities of a ruler).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter of Bhīṣma’s extended counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on statecraft and righteous governance; the colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and the chapter number.