Shloka 114

Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि टिट्टिभकं॑ नाम चतुर्दशशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṭiṭṭibhakaṃ nāma caturdaśaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging nagtuturo tungkol sa mga tungkulin ng hari (Rājadharma)—nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at labing-apat na kabanata, na pinamagatang “Ṭiṭṭibhaka.”

Word by Word

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

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on instruction in royal duty
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• टिट्टिभकम्: Tittibhaka (name/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: टिट्टिभक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• चतुर्दशशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and fourteen (i.e., the 114th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Ṭiṭṭibhaka (chapter title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Rājadharma instruction of Śānti Parva; it signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to Bhīṣma’s guidance on righteous kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter of the Śānti Parva and naming it “Ṭiṭṭibhaka,” situating it within the Rājadharma (royal duty) instructional section of the Mahābhārata.