Shloka 73

Purohita-Niyoga and the Brahma–Kṣatra Concord

Aila–Kaśyapa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऐलकश्यपसंवादे त्रिसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ailakaśyapasaṃvāde trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the section on the instruction of royal duties (Rājadharmānuśāsana)—in the dialogue between Aila and Kaśyapa, ends the seventy-third chapter.

Word by Word

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

• 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 Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in kingly duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• ऐलकश्यपसंवादे: in the dialogue of Aila and Kaśyapa
• ऐलकश्यपसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐलकश्यपसंवाद
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• त्रिसप्ततितमः: seventy-third (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्तति-तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Aila
• Kaśyapa