Shloka 117

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravaṛṣi-saṃvāde saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm mười bảy (117) trong Śānti Parva của Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần giáo huấn về Rājadharma (vương pháp), trong cuộc đối thoại có liên quan đến hiền giả Śrava. Đây là lời đề kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự khép lại của chương, chứ không phải một câu kệ giáo lý do nhân vật thốt ra.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrī: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• mahābhārate: in the Mahābhārata
• mahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• śāntiparvaṇi: in the Śānti-parvan
• śāntiparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti-parvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: in the (sub-)parvan on the instruction regarding royal duties
• rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-dharma-anuśāsana-parvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• śravaḥ: Śravas (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravas
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ṛṣi: sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• saṃvāde: in the dialogue
• saṃvāde: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvāda
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• saptadaśa: seventeen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptadaśa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhika: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• śatatamaḥ: hundredth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śatatama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Śrava Ṛṣi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location—Śānti Parva, the Rājadharma instruction section—and to signal the completion of the chapter connected with the Śrava-ṛṣi dialogue heading.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative content has concluded for the chapter; the text now formally closes the chapter by naming the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section (Rājadharma instruction), and the chapter count (117th).