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Shloka 104

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये चतुरधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye caturadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ke-104, bahagian ‘Kālaka-vṛkṣīya’, dalam subbahagian Rājadharma (Ajaran tentang Pemerintahan Raja) di dalam Śānti Parva daripada Mahābhārata yang dimuliakan. Ini ialah kolofon penutup yang menandai tamatnya bab, tempat terletaknya bimbingan Bhīṣma tentang dharma raja.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on royal duty

कालकवृक्षीयेin the section/chapter called Kālakavṛkṣīya

चतुरधिकशततमःthe one hundred and fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kālaka-vṛkṣīya

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 not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Rājadharma instructions of Śānti Parva, framing Bhīṣma’s discourse on ethical kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to mark a formal textual boundary: the end of the chapter titled ‘Kālaka-vṛkṣīya’ within Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction section, where Bhīṣma is the principal instructor.