Shloka 82

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि अमात्यपरीक्षायां कालकवृक्षीयोपाख्याने द्ायशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi amātyaparīkṣāyāṃ kālakavṛkṣīyopākhyāne dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так оканчивается восемьдесят вторая глава Шанти-парвы «Шри Махабхараты», в разделе Рājadharmānuśāsana, в эпизоде об испытании аматьев (министров), то есть в повествовании, известном как «Сказание о дереве Kālakavṛkṣa».

Word by Word

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

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on instruction regarding kingly duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अमात्यपरीक्षायाम्: in the examination/testing of ministers
• अमात्यपरीक्षायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्यपरीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कालकवृक्षीयोपाख्याने: in the tale (upakhyana) of Kalaka and the tree
• कालकवृक्षीयोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्व्यशीतितमः: eighty-third
• द्व्यशीतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्व्यशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Amātyaparīkṣā (examination of ministers)
• Kālakavṛkṣa (episode-title/object)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. By naming the topic—testing ministers—it underscores the ethical-political principle that a king’s success depends on carefully examining and selecting trustworthy, competent counsellors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter conclusion. The text identifies its placement (Śānti Parva, Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and the specific sub-episode (the Kālakavṛkṣa-related tale) connected with the theme of amātya-parīkṣā, i.e., evaluating ministers.