Shloka 61

Varṇāśrama-ācāra and Vikarma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry on Safe Dharmas (शिवधर्मप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि चतुराश्रमधर्मकथने एकषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi caturāśramadharmakathane ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on the instruction of royal dharma—ends the sixty-first chapter, which narrates the duties of the four āśramas (stages of life).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the (sub-)parvan called 'Instruction on the Duties of Kings'
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुराश्रमधर्मकथने: in the discourse on the dharma of the four āśramas
• चतुराश्रमधर्मकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुराश्रमधर्मकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकषष्टितमः: sixty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Caturāśrama (four stages of life)