Shloka 85

दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity

Rājadharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें मन्‍्त्रीविभागविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi mantrīvibhāgaviṣayakaḥ pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das fünfundachtzigste Kapitel über die Einteilung und Aufgaben der Minister, innerhalb des Abschnitts Rājadharmānuśāsana der Śānti Parva des ehrwürdigen Śrī Mahābhārata. Dieses Schlusskolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss einer Lehr-Einheit über Staatskunst und gerechte Herrschaft gemäß dem Dharma, dargeboten als Bhīṣmas Unterweisung über die Pflicht des Königs.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मन्त्रीविभागविषयक: concerning the division/classification of ministers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्रीविभागविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चाशीत्तमः: eighty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशीत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पूर्णः: complete; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Mantrī (ministers/counselors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose subject is the division and roles of ministers—implying that righteous kingship (rājadharma) depends on properly appointing, organizing, and using counselors in ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction. It functions as an editorial/structural closure rather than a spoken verse of narrative action, indicating that Bhīṣma’s discourse has finished this specific topic-unit.