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Shloka 99

जनकस्य युद्धोपदेशः — Janaka’s Instruction on Steadfast Battle-Conduct

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि विजिगीषमाणपृत्ते नवनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijigīṣamāṇapṛtte navanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die Pflichten des Königtums (Rājadharma-anuśāsana)—im Zusammenhang der Anfrage über den Eroberungswilligen (vijigīṣu) das neunundneunzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parvan (section) of instruction on the king's duties

विजिगीषमाणपृत्तेin (the section) of the questions of one desiring to conquer

नवनवतितमःninety-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma-anuśāsana (section)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. It frames the discussion as guidance relevant to a would-be conqueror (vijigīṣu), i.e., how power and conquest should be governed by dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction. In the broader narrative, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous governance after the war.