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Shloka 104

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये चतुरधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye caturadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่หนึ่งร้อยสี่ อันเรียกว่า “กาลกวฤกษียะ” ภายในหมวดย่อยราชธรรม (คำสอนว่าด้วยพระราชกิจ) แห่งศานติปรวะในมหาภารตะอันเคารพบูชา ได้สิ้นสุดลง

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

कालकवृक्षीयेin the section/chapter called Kālakavṛkṣīya

चतुरधिकशततमःthe one hundred and fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kālaka-vṛkṣīya

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Rājadharma instructions of Śānti Parva, framing Bhīṣma’s discourse on ethical kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to mark a formal textual boundary: the end of the chapter titled ‘Kālaka-vṛkṣīya’ within Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction section, where Bhīṣma is the principal instructor.