Shloka 108

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें माता-पिता और गुरुका माहात्म्यविषयक एक सौ आठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi mātā-pitṛ-guru-māhātmyaviṣayaka ekaśatāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں ماں، باپ اور گرو کی عظمت و تقدیس کے موضوع پر ایک سو آٹھواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीglorious / revered (honorific)

महाभारतMahābhārata

शान्तिof Śānti (peace)

पर्वin the Parva (book/section)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

राजधर्मin (the section on) royal duty

अनुशासनin the instruction (sub-parva)

पर्वin the parva/section

मध्येwithin / in the midst of

माताmother

पिताfather

गुरुteacher

माहात्म्यregarding the greatness

विषयकconcerning / pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

अष्टeight

अध्यायchapter

पूरःwas completed

अभवत्became / was

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

mātā (mother)

pitā/pitṛ (father)

guru (teacher)

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?

The chapter’s stated focus is the māhātmya (exalted importance) of mother, father, and guru—affirming that honoring these foundational relationships is central to dharma and to the ethical formation expected of a ruler and citizen alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse functions as a colophon: it formally announces the completion of the 108th chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, marking the end of a unit of Bhīṣma’s counsel.