Shloka 112

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वनें ऊँटकी गर्दनकी कथाविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi uṇṭa-gardanasya kathā-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వములో ‘ఒంటె మెడ’ అనే ఆఖ్యానవిషయక నూట పన్నెండవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमत्illustrious; venerable

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva

उष्ट्रof a camel

ग्रीवाof the neck

कथाof the story

विषयकconcerning; about

एकone

शतhundred

द्वादशtwelve

अध्यायchapter

पूरितcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

उड्ड उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Camel (uṇṭa)

Camel’s neck (uṇṭa-gardana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that a didactic story used to support instruction in rājadharma (royal ethics and governance) has concluded. Its pedagogical function is to frame the preceding narrative as part of a structured ethical teaching for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the 112th chapter within Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, identifying the chapter’s subject as the “camel’s neck” story. It is an editorial/narrative closure marker rather than an event within the story itself.