Shloka 95

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि विजिगीषमाणपृत्ते पञ्चनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijigīṣamāṇapṛṣṭe pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» الموقَّرة، ضمن «بارفا شانتي»—وخاصة في قسم «راجادهارما-أنوشاسانا» (التعليم في واجب الملك)—تنتهي الفصولُ الخامسُ والتسعون، وقد أُلقيت جوابًا عن أسئلةٍ تتعلق بمن يبتغي الظفر، أي الطامح إلى الفتح.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific ‘śrī’

महाin the great (work)

भारतेin the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)

शान्तिin (the) Śānti (section)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parvan)

राजधर्मin (the topic of) royal duty

अनुशासनin the instruction/teaching

पर्वणिin the parvan/section

विजिगीषमाणin (the chapter) ‘of one desiring to conquer’

पृच्छतेasks; inquires

पञ्चनवतितमःthe ninety-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva

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 is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction. It frames the teaching as guidance for a ruler—especially one intent on conquest—implying that victory must be pursued under the discipline of rājadharma (ethical statecraft and kingly duty).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the ninety-fifth chapter within the Rājadharma-anuśāsana portion of Śānti Parva. Bhīṣma’s discourse is presented as an answer to questions posed about the conduct and policy of an aspiring conqueror.