Shloka 68

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि आड़्विरसवाक्येदडष्टपष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi āḍvirasavākye daṣṭapaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter in the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the instruction concerning the king’s duties (Rājadharma).

Word by Word

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

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

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parva (section) called 'Instruction on the duties of kings'
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आड़्विरसवाक्ये: in the (so-called) 'Aḍvirasa-vākya' (colophon phrase/section-title; reading uncertain)
• आड़्विरसवाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आड्विरसवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टपष्टितमः: sixty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टपष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana-parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to situate the preceding teaching within the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction, emphasizing that the chapter belongs to the ethical framework of righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter and identifying its location in the epic’s structure (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section → chapter number). It signals a transition to the next unit of instruction.