Shloka 117

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravaṛṣi-saṃvāde saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သီရိမဟာဘာရတ» ၏ သာန္တိပရဝ၌ ရာဇဓမ္မ (Rājadharma) အကြောင်းညွှန်ကြားသည့် အပိုင်းအတွင်း၊ ရိရှီ သြရဝ (Śrava) ပါဝင်သော ဆွေးနွေးပြောဆိုမှုနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သည့် အခန်း (၁၁၇) ပြီးဆုံး၏။ ဤသည်မှာ သင်ကြားချက်ကို ပြောဆိုသော ပုဒ်မဟုတ်ဘဲ အခန်းပိတ် ကော်လိုဖွန်သာ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrī: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• mahābhārate: in the Mahābhārata
• mahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• śāntiparvaṇi: in the Śānti-parvan
• śāntiparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti-parvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: in the (sub-)parvan on the instruction regarding royal duties
• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-dharma-anuśāsana-parvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• śravaḥ: Śravas (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravas
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ṛṣi: sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• saṃvāde: in the dialogue
• saṃvāde: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvāda
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• saptadaśa: seventeen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptadaśa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhika: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• śatatamaḥ: hundredth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śatatama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Śrava Ṛṣi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location—Śānti Parva, the Rājadharma instruction section—and to signal the completion of the chapter connected with the Śrava-ṛṣi dialogue heading.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content has concluded for the chapter; the text now formally closes the chapter by naming the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section (Rājadharma instruction), and the chapter count (117th).