Shloka 103

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें इन्द्र और ब॒हस्पतिका संवादविषयक एक सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indra-bṛhaspati-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഗതമായ രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവത്തിൽ ഇന്ദ്രനും ബൃഹസ്പതിയും തമ്മിലുള്ള സംവാദവിഷയകമായ നൂറ്റിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

शान्तिof peace

पर्वणःof the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

राजधर्मin (the section on) royal duty

अनुशासनin the instruction/teaching (sub-parva)

पर्वणिin the parva/section

इन्द्रof Indra

चand

बृहस्पतिof Brihaspati

संवादin the dialogue

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

तृतीयthird

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Indra

Bṛhaspati

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter centered on rājadharma (the ethical duties of rulers), framed through the instructive dialogue of Indra and Bṛhaspati.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the chapter: within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, the discourse between Indra and Bṛhaspati has concluded.