Shloka 50

Bhīṣma’s Hymn to Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa’s Criteria for Divine Self-Disclosure

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयक पचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇavākyaviṣayakaḥ pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fiftieth chapter of the instruction on royal duty (Rājadharmānuśāsana) within the Śānti Parva of the revered Mahābhārata, a chapter whose subject is the discourse of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This closing colophon marks the completion of that unit of teaching on governance and dharma.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharma-anushasana Parva (section on royal duties)

श्रीकृष्णवाक्यविषयकःconcerning the words of Shri Krishna

पञ्चाशत्तमःfiftieth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes