Shloka 87

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राष्ट्रगुप्त्पादिकथ ने सप्ताशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭraguptapādikathane saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في المهابهارتا الجليلة، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم الإرشاد إلى واجبات المُلك—تنتهي الفصل السابع والثمانون، في الخبر المتعلّق بصون المملكة وحراستها.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan of instruction on royal duties

राष्ट्रगुप्तपादिकथनेin the narration concerning (Rāṣṭragupta-pāda etc.)

सप्ताशीतितमःeighty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan

rāṣṭra (kingdom/state)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

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 Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma; it frames the ethical focus as the king’s responsibility to protect and secure the kingdom through disciplined governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-seventh chapter in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, indicating that the preceding discussion concerned the safeguarding of the state.