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Shloka 62

Brāhmaṇa-Dharma, Āśrama Eligibility, and the Primacy of Rāja-Dharma (Śānti Parva 63)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने द्विषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweiundsechzigste Kapitel im Śānti Parva des Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts über die Unterweisung in den königlichen Pflichten, im Vortrag über die Dharmas von varṇa und āśrama.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (sub-)Parva called 'Instruction on the king's duty'

वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथनेin the narration of the duties of varnas and ashramas

द्विषष्टितमःsixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

varṇa

āśrama

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding material as instruction on rājadharma (royal duty) and varṇāśrama-dharma (duties according to social order and life-stage), emphasizing that ethical governance is grounded in regulated personal and social conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes formally. The Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva continues its post-war instruction, and this closing formula identifies the location of the discourse—within the rājadharma instruction section and specifically the discussion of varṇa and āśrama duties.