Shloka 116

Gratitude, Discernment, and the Escalation of Power (Śvā–Dvipī–Vyāghra–Nāga–Siṃha–Śarabha Itihāsa)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे षोडशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravarṣi-saṃvāde ṣoḍaśādhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo centésimo décimo sexto (116.º) no Śānti Parva do venerando Mahābhārata, dentro da seção Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva (instrução acerca dos deveres dos reis), no diálogo que envolve o sábio Śrava. Este é o colofão conclusivo que assinala o encerramento do ensinamento sobre o dharma régio.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan called 'Instruction on the Duties of Kings'

श्रवर्षिसंवादेin the dialogue of Śrava-ṛṣi

षोडशाधिकशततमःone hundred and sixteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan

Śrava Ṛṣi

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (royal duty), framing the preceding material as authoritative guidance on ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the internal section on royal instruction (Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan), and notes that the chapter belongs to a dialogue involving the sage Śrava.