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Shloka 84

सान्त्व-निति: (Sāntva-Nīti) — The One-Word Principle of Conciliation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि इन्द्रबृूहस्पतिसंवादे चतुरशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indrabṛhaspatisamvāde caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das vierundachtzigste Kapitel des Dialogs zwischen Indra und Bṛhaspati im Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über das Dharma der Könige. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss einer Lehr-Einheit über gerechte Herrschaft und die ethische Staatskunst, wie sie durch diesen Dialog überliefert wird.

Word by Word

itithus; end-quote marker

śrīauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

mahābhāratein the Mahābhārata

śāntiparvaṇiin the Śānti-parvan

rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇiin the (sub-)parvan on instruction in royal duties

indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvādein the dialogue of Indra and Bṛhaspati

caturaśītitamaḥeighty-fifth (ordinal)

adhyāyaḥchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Indra

Bṛhaspati

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching as part of the Rājadharma instruction delivered through the Indra–Bṛhaspati dialogue, emphasizing that the surrounding material concerns ethical kingship and righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the close of a chapter: within Śānti Parva’s instruction on royal duties, the Indra–Bṛhaspati conversation reaches the end of its eighty-fourth chapter, and the compiler’s closing formula records its placement in the epic’s structure.