Shloka 106

Ānṛśaṃsya, Amātya-Guṇa, and Reconciliatory Counsel (आनृशंस्य–अमात्यगुण–संधि-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں ‘کالکَوِرِکشِیَ’ نامی ایک سو چھٹا ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• कालकवृक्षीये: in the (subsection) called Kālakavṛkṣīya
• कालकवृक्षीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकवृक्षीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kālakavṛkṣīya (chapter designation)
• Bhīṣma (speaker, per metadata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as Bhīṣma’s authoritative instruction on rājadharma—how a ruler should uphold justice, order, and ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the formal conclusion of a chapter within Śānti Parva, specifically in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, identifying the chapter as “Kālakavṛkṣīya” and numbering it as the 106th.