Shloka 73

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऐलकश्यपसंवादे त्रिसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ailakaśyapasaṃvāde trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die Pflichten des Königtums (Rājadharmānuśāsana)—im Gespräch zwischen Aila und Kāśyapa das dreiundsiebzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in kingly duties)

ऐलकश्यपसंवादेin the dialogue of Aila and Kaśyapa

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-third (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Aila

Kaśyapa

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 marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Rājadharma instruction section; it frames the surrounding material as guidance on righteous kingship and ethical governance delivered through the Aila–Kaśyapa dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the chapter in the Aila–Kaśyapa conversation, formally identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the thematic subsection (instruction on royal dharma), and the chapter number.