Shloka 67

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें राष्रके लिये रुजाको नियुक्त करनेकी आवश्यकताका कथनविषयक सरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭrasya kṛte rājño niyuktasya āvaśyakatā-kathanaviṣayakaḥ saptasaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das siebenundsechzigste Kapitel im Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt über die Unterweisung in den Pflichten des Königtums, das die Notwendigkeit darlegt, zum Wohl und zur Ordnung des Reiches einen König einzusetzen.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेof the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वin the Rajadharmanushasana-parva section

राष्ट्रकेfor the kingdom/state

राजानम्a king

नियुक्तappointed/assigned

करणस्यof making/doing (the act)

आवश्यकतायाःof the necessity

कथनstatement/description

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

सप्तषष्टितमःsixty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

rāṣṭra (the realm/state)

rājā (the king/ruler)

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?

That appointing a rightful ruler is essential for the protection and well-being of the realm; governance is treated as a dharmic necessity to uphold justice, security, and social stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style closing statement marking the end of the sixty-seventh chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction, summarizing the chapter’s topic: the need to install a king for the sake of the state.