Shloka 111

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि व्याप्रगोमायुसंवादे एकादशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vyāpragomāyusaṃvāde ekādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിൽ വ്യാഘ്ര-ഗോമായു സംവാദമായ നൂറ്റിപ്പതിനൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharma-anuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duty)

व्याप्रगोमायुसंवादेin the dialogue of the tiger and the jackal

एकादशाधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-eleventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Vyāpra

Gomāyu (jackal)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties of kings) conveyed through a didactic dialogue (Vyāpra and Gomāyu), emphasizing that political power is to be guided by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira continues in the Śānti Parva; here the text marks the close of a chapter within the rājadharma instruction section, identifying it as the conclusion of the Vyāpra–Gomāyu dialogue and numbering it as the 111th chapter.