Shloka 122

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि दण्डोत्पत्युपाख्याने द्वाविशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi daṇḍotpatti-upākhyāne dvāviśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ໃນ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາກ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະ» ໃນ «ຣາຊະທັມມານຸສາສະນະປະຣະວະ» ໃນອຸປາຄະຍານວ່າດ້ວຍກຳເນີດຂອງທັນດະ ບົດທີ 122 ຈຶ່ງສິ້ນສຸດ.

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• दण्डोत्पत्युपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) on the origin of punishment/rod (daṇḍa)
• दण्डोत्पत्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्डोत्पत्त्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततम
• 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
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Daṇḍotpatti Upākhyāna
• Daṇḍa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. By naming the 'origin of daṇḍa' narrative, it frames the ethical theme that legitimate punishment and coercive authority are foundational instruments of righteous governance when aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new event is narrated here; it is a formal closing statement identifying the textual location: Śānti Parva → rājadharma instruction section → the sub-story on the emergence of daṇḍa, and it notes the chapter count.