Shloka 114

Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि टिट्टिभकं॑ नाम चतुर्दशशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṭiṭṭibhakaṃ nāma caturdaśaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）之内——尤指关于王者职责之训诫（Rājadharma）一段——题为《Ṭiṭṭibhaka》的第一百一十四章至此终了。

Word by Word

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

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on instruction in royal duty
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• टिट्टिभकम्: Tittibhaka (name/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: टिट्टिभक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• चतुर्दशशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and fourteen (i.e., the 114th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Ṭiṭṭibhaka (chapter title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Rājadharma instruction of Śānti Parva; it signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to Bhīṣma’s guidance on righteous kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter of the Śānti Parva and naming it “Ṭiṭṭibhaka,” situating it within the Rājadharma (royal duty) instructional section of the Mahābhārata.