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Shloka 51

Bhīṣma’s Hymn to Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa’s Criteria for Divine Self-Disclosure

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कृष्णवाक्ये एकपज्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kṛṣṇavākye ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বত ৰাজধৰ্মানুশাসনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ‘কৃষ্ণবাক্য’ নামক একাৱন্নতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the section (parva) of instruction on royal duty

कृष्णवाक्येin (the portion called) 'Krishna's speech'

एकपञ्चाशत्तमःthe fifty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kṛṣṇa

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 rather than a teaching verse: it signals that the chapter belongs to the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (ethical kingship) and that the discourse is attributed to Kṛṣṇa, framing the preceding material as guidance on righteous rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally marks the end of the fifty-first adhyāya within the Śānti Parva, in the rājadharma-instruction section, identifying the unit as ‘Kṛṣṇa’s speech.’