Shloka 79

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि एकोनाशीतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ७९ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनिशासनपर्वमें उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 79 ||

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا الممجَّدة»، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»، وفي قسم «راجادهَرمانوشاسانا بارفا» (التعليم في واجبات الملوك)، تنتهي هنا «الفصل التاسع والسبعون» (أي الحادي والثمانون ناقص واحد). وهذا هو الخاتمة الرسمية (الكولوفون) التي تُثبت تمام الفصل في خطاب بهيشما عن دارما المُلك.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

एकोनाशीतितमःthe seventy-ninth (lit. one-less-than-eighty) (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of a ruler) in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, indicating that Bhīṣma’s discourse has reached the end of this adhyāya.