Shloka 112

Vetasa-Nīti: The Reed and the Flood (वेतस-नीति)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ा भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वनें ऊँटकी गर्दनकी कथाविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi uṇṭa-gardanasya kathā-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں ‘اونٹ کی گردن’ نامی حکایت سے متعلق ایک سو بارہواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमत्: illustrious; venerable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: the Mahabharata
• महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्व: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उष्ट्र: of a camel
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ग्रीवा: of the neck
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कथा: of the story
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelve
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूरित: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

उड्ड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Camel (uṇṭa)
• Camel’s neck (uṇṭa-gardana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that a didactic story used to support instruction in rājadharma (royal ethics and governance) has concluded. Its pedagogical function is to frame the preceding narrative as part of a structured ethical teaching for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the 112th chapter within Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, identifying the chapter’s subject as the “camel’s neck” story. It is an editorial/narrative closure marker rather than an event within the story itself.