Shloka 102

Jaitrya-nimitta: Signs of Prospective Victory and the Priority of Conciliation (जयलक्षण-निमित्त तथा सान्त्व-प्रधान नीति)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि सेनानीतिकथने दयथधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi senānītikathane dvyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗത രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിൽ സേനാനീതികഥനപ്രസംഗത്തിലെ നൂറ്റിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the parvan (section) of instruction on the king's duties

सेनानीतिकथनेin the narration/discourse on the policy of a commander (senānīti)

द्व्यधिकशततमःone hundred and two (102nd)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

senānīti (military leadership/policy)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma—especially the norms and policy concerning an army commander (senānīti)—has concluded for this chapter, framing the ethical and administrative scope of the teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes Chapter 103 of the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharmānuśāsana section, indicating the end of a segment of Bhīṣma’s post-war counsel on governance and military leadership given for the restoration of righteous rule.