Shloka 75

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि पञ्चसप्ततितमो<ध्याय: ।। ७५ || इस प्रकार श्रीमद्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें पचद्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 75 ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: So schließt sich im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die Pflichten der Könige (Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva)—das fünfundsiebzigste Kapitel. Diese Schlussformel kennzeichnet die Vollendung der Lehre von gerechter Herrschaft und den ethischen Grundlagen königlichen Handelns.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीfortune; auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

पञ्चसप्ततितमःseventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of the chapter within the Rājadharma (royal duty) instruction. Its function is to frame the preceding material as authoritative guidance on ethical kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse continues in the Śānti Parva; here the text formally closes the seventy-fifth chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, marking a transition point before the next chapter begins.