Shloka 72

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि द्विसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय: ।। ७२ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें बह्त्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 72 ||

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ৰাজধৰ্মানুশাসনপৰ্বত বাহাত্তৰতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। (৭২)

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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 (sub-)section called the Instruction on the Duties of Kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विसप्ततितमः: seventy-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it does not add new doctrine, but situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Rājadharma (kingly duty) instruction section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the seventy-second chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion of the Śānti Parva, signaling a transition to the next chapter.