Shloka 128

आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु अष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu aṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వమున రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వములో ఋషభగీతాసు నూట ఇరవై ఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయం.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on royal duty

ऋषभगीतासुin the Ṛṣabha-gītās (songs/chapters called Ṛṣabha-gītā)

अष्टाविंशतिtwenty-eight

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःone-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Ṛ

Ṛṣabha-gītā

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 marking the close of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of rulership). It signals that the surrounding discourse is framed as guidance for governance grounded in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: the compiler’s closing formula identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the sub-section on royal instruction (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and notes that this is the 128th chapter in that sequence, within the Ṛṣabha-gītā material.