Shloka 90

उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्

Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उतथ्यगीतासु नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāsu navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» الشريفة، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم تعليم دارما الملوك—تنتهي هنا الفصول المنسوبة إلى «أوتاثيا-غيتا» في الفصل التسعين.

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 Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parva (section) of instruction on the king's duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उतथ्यगीतासु: among/in the songs (teachings) of Utathya
• उतथ्यगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उतथ्यगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• नवतितमः: ninetieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva (section)
• Utathya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of the Śānti Parva; it signals that the preceding discourse (attributed to Utathya) belongs to the ethical-political teaching on kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text formally concludes a unit: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the thematic section (instruction on rājadharma), and states that the ninetieth chapter of the Utathya-gītā portion has ended.