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Shloka 120

Daṇḍa-svarūpa-nirūpaṇa

The Nature, Forms, and Function of Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राजधर्मकथने विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rājadharmakathane viṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Rājadharmānuśāsana, ang pagtuturo hinggil sa mga tungkulin ng mga hari—nagtatapos ang ika-120 kabanata sa pagtalakay sa rājadharma. (Ito ay kolopon na pananda ng pagsasara ng kabanata, hindi isang binigkas na aral.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) of instruction on royal duty

राजधर्मकथनेin the narration/discourse on royal duty

विंशतिtwenty

अधिकadditional; over and above

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma (royal dharma)

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

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 not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties and responsibilities of a ruler).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter of Bhīṣma’s extended counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on statecraft and righteous governance; the colophon identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and the chapter number.