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Shloka 93

राजधर्मः—प्रमादवर्जनं, दण्डनीतिः, दुर्बलरक्षणम्

Royal Dharma: Vigilance, Just Punishment, Protection of the Vulnerable

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उतथ्यगीतासु एकनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāsu ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt der Unterweisung über die königliche Pflicht—das einundneunzigste Kapitel der Utathya-gītā-Passagen. Dieses Kolophon kennzeichnet den Abschluss einer Lehr-Einheit über Königtum und Dharma in Bhīṣmas maßgeblicher Rede.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) of instruction on the duties of kings

उतथ्यगीतासुamong/in the songs (teachings) of Utathya

एकनवतितमःninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Utathya-gītā

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of a ruler), framed as part of the Utathya-gītā teaching unit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s long instructional discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira proceeds through themed chapters; here the text marks the formal end of the ninety-first chapter of the Utathya-gītā section within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction.