Shloka 127

आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается, в почитаемой «Махабхарате», в «Шанти-парве» — а именно в разделе наставления о царских обязанностях (Rājadharma-anuśāsana) — сто двадцать седьмая глава «Ришабха-гиты» (Ṛṣabha-gītā). Эта заключительная приписка (colophon) отмечает завершение учения о царской власти и нравственном правлении.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: in the great (work)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parvan of instruction on royal duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऋषभगीतासु: in the (section called) Ṛṣabha-gītās
• ऋषभगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• सप्तविंशति: twenty-seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva
• Ṛṣabha-gītā

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 (ethical kingship), framing the preceding material as authoritative guidance on governance and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally locates the chapter within the Mahābhārata (Śānti Parva, Rājadharma-anuśāsana section) and names it as part of the Ṛṣabha-gītā material, indicating the end of that adhyāya’s discourse.