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Shloka 101

शूरलक्षणवर्णनम् | Marks and Typologies of Martial Temperament

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि विजिगीषमाणपृत्ते एकाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijigīṣamāṇapṛcchāyām ekādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शांतिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात, विजिगीषूच्या प्रश्नप्रसंगी, एकशे एकावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on royal duties

विजिगीषमाणपृत्तेin (the section) ‘question of the would-be conqueror’

एकाधिकशततमःone-hundred-and-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

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 marking the chapter’s conclusion and situating it within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, in the instructional section on rājadharma. Its core function is to frame Bhīṣma’s counsel as authoritative guidance on ethical kingship and the proper conduct of one who seeks victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in which Bhīṣma is speaking, within the broader Śānti Parva discourse. The mention of “the questions of one who desires to conquer” indicates that the surrounding discussion is structured as inquiries by a would-be conqueror (contextually, the king seeking guidance) and Bhīṣma’s responses on statecraft and royal duty.