Shloka 116

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें कुत्ता और ऋषिका संवादविषयक एक सौ योलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kukkura-ṛṣikā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśataṣoḍaśottara-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், ராஜதர்மானுஷாசனப் பகுதியில், நாய் மற்றும் ரிஷிகையின் உரையாடலைக் கூறும் நூற்றுப் பதினாறாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained (within)

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharma-anushasana section (parvan)

कुत्तऋषिकासंवादविषयकःhaving as its topic the dialogue of the dog and the rishika

एकशतषोडशःone hundred and sixteenth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted / concluded

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Dog (kukkura)

Female ascetic (ṛṣikā)

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding dog–female-ascetic dialogue as part of Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma, implying that ethical discernment and righteous conduct are to be learned even through illustrative conversations and exempla.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative portion has concluded: the text formally announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between a dog and a female ascetic—embedded within the Śānti Parva’s royal-duties instruction—has been completed.