Shloka 120

Daṇḍotpatti-kathana (Origin and Function of Daṇḍa) — वसुहोम–मान्धातृ संवाद

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वरमें राजधर्मका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rājadharmavarṇanaviṣayakaḥ ekaśataviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Так завершается сто двадцатая глава «Шанти-парвы» «Махабхараты», в разделе, именуемом «Раджадхарманушасана-парва», посвящённом изложению царской дхармы. Приписываемая здесь Бхишме речь достигает формального завершения этой главы, обозначая переходный рубеж в нравственном наставлении о праведном правлении.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: revered; auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana section (sub-parva)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मस्य: of kingly duty; of royal law
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनविषयकः: having as its topic the description (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतविंशतितमः: one-hundred-and-twentieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Rājadharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This closing colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction centers on rājadharma—ethical and practical duties of a ruler—framed as Bhīṣma’s authoritative guidance on righteous governance and the maintenance of social order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing plot events, this line functions as a formal end-of-chapter marker in the Śānti Parva, indicating that the current unit of Bhīṣma’s discourse on royal duties has concluded and the text is moving to the next chapter.