Shloka 112

Ālasyadoṣa-nirdeśa (On the Fault of Negligence) — The Camel’s Long-Neck Exemplum

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उष्टग्रीवोपाख्याने दादशाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi uṣṭagrīvopākhyāne dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parvan—đặc biệt ở phần giáo huấn về bổn phận của bậc quân vương (rājadharma)—chương thứ một trăm mười hai của truyện được gọi là Upākhyāna về Uṣṭagrīva đã kết thúc. Lời kết này đánh dấu sự khép lại của chương và xác định vị trí của nó trong mạch luận rộng lớn về chính pháp trị quốc.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the (section) Anushasana-parvan concerning royal duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उष्टग्रीवोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Uṣṭagrīva
• उष्टग्रीवोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वादशाधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twelfth
• द्वादशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

उड्ड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parvan
• Uṣṭagrīva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching-verse: it frames the surrounding discourse as part of rājadharma (the ethical duties of rulers) and signals that the Uṣṭagrīva episode functions as an illustrative narrative within that moral-political instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally closed. The text identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parvan), the sub-section (Rājadharmānuśāsana), and the embedded tale (Uṣṭagrīva Upākhyāna), and states that this is the 112th chapter.