Shloka 82

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि अमात्यपरीक्षायां कालकवृक्षीयोपाख्याने द्ायशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi amātyaparīkṣāyāṃ kālakavṛkṣīyopākhyāne dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ایتی شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو کے تحت اماتیہ-پریक्षा کے ضمن میں ‘کالکَوِرِکشِیَہ اُپاکھیان’ نامی بیاسیواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on instruction regarding kingly duties

अमात्यपरीक्षायाम्in the examination/testing of ministers

कालकवृक्षीयोपाख्यानेin the tale (upakhyana) of Kalaka and the tree

द्व्यशीतितमःeighty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Amātyaparīkṣā (examination of ministers)

Kālakavṛkṣa (episode-title/object)

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?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. By naming the topic—testing ministers—it underscores the ethical-political principle that a king’s success depends on carefully examining and selecting trustworthy, competent counsellors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter conclusion. The text identifies its placement (Śānti Parva, Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and the specific sub-episode (the Kālakavṛkṣa-related tale) connected with the theme of amātya-parīkṣā, i.e., evaluating ministers.