Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 105

Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये पञ्चाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính, thuộc Śānti Parva, trong phần giáo huấn về bổn phận của bậc vương giả (Rājadharma), chương thứ một trăm lẻ năm—đoạn “Kālaka và Vṛkṣī”—đã kết thúc. Khung truyện vẫn đặt trong lời dạy uy nghiêm của Bhīṣma về vương đạo và dharma, đánh dấu sự khép lại trang trọng của luận bàn đạo đức trong chương này.

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 of instruction on the duties of kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कालकवृक्षीये: in the section/chapter called Kālakavṛkṣīya
• कालकवृक्षीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकवृक्षीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चाधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kālaka
• Vṛkṣī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. Its function is structural: it situates the teaching within Śānti Parva and the Rājadharma instruction section, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s didactic organization of ethical guidance for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse continues as the overarching narrative frame, but this particular verse does not advance plot; it formally closes the chapter identified as ‘Kālaka-Vṛkṣīya’ and signals the transition to the next unit of instruction.