Shloka 126

Gautama–Yama Saṃvāda: Mātṛ-Pitṛ-Ṛṇa (Debt to Parents) and Śubha-Loka Attainment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm hai mươi sáu—tức chương 126 trong Śānti Parva của bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính—thuộc phần giáo huấn về bổn phận của bậc quân vương (Rājadharma), trong bài thuyết giảng được gọi là Ṛṣabha-gītā. Đây là lời kết (colophon) ghi dấu việc hoàn tất chương và vị trí của nó trong mạch giáo lý đạo đức về vương đạo và trị quốc.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'
• 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 Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऋषभगीतासु: in the Ṛṣabha-gītās (songs/chapters called Ṛṣabha-gītā)
• ऋषभगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Ṛṣabha-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter belongs to the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction, specifically within the Ṛṣabha-gītā discourse, framing the surrounding material as ethical guidance for rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally marks the end of the adhyāya and identifies its location within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, in the subsection devoted to Bhīṣma’s instruction on royal duties.