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Shloka 113

Vetasa-Nīti: The Reed and the Flood (वेतस-नीति)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि सरित्सागरसंवादे त्रयोदशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi saritsāgarasaṃvāde trayodaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

如是，在尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》中，尤在“王法教诫”之部，叙述诸河与大海之对话的第一百一十三章至此终了。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in kingly duties)

सरित्सागरसंवादेin the dialogue between the rivers and the ocean

त्रयोदशाधिकशततमःone hundred and thirteenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Rivers (saritaḥ)

Ocean (sāgaraḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

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 the royal-dharma instruction of the Shanti Parva, framing the preceding material as ethical guidance for governance delivered through the ‘rivers and ocean’ dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma concludes the chapter by formally stating its placement in the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva, Rajadharma instruction section) and identifying its topic as the discourse between the rivers and the ocean, signaling the end of that chapter’s teaching unit.