Shloka 87

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राष्ट्रगुप्त्पादिकथ ने सप्ताशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭraguptapādikathane saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the section on the instruction of royal duties—ends the eighty-seventh chapter, in the episode concerning the safeguarding of the kingdom.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parvan of instruction on royal duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्रगुप्तपादिकथने: in the narration concerning (Rāṣṭragupta-pāda etc.)
• राष्ट्रगुप्तपादिकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्रगुप्तपादिकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्ताशीतितमः: eighty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ताशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan
• rāṣṭra (kingdom/state)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma; it frames the ethical focus as the king’s responsibility to protect and secure the kingdom through disciplined governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-seventh chapter in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, indicating that the preceding discussion concerned the safeguarding of the state.