Shloka 72

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि द्विसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय: ।। ७२ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें बह्त्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 72 ||

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on the instruction regarding the duties of kings (Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva)—the seventy-second chapter comes to an end. (Verse 72)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (sub-)section called the Instruction on the Duties of Kings

द्विसप्ततितमःseventy-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it does not add new doctrine, but situates the reader within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Rājadharma (kingly duty) instruction section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the seventy-second chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion of the Śānti Parva, signaling a transition to the next chapter.