Shanti Parva Adhyaya 90 Shloka 89 - Mahabharata | English | Vedapath

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Shloka 89

Adhyāya 90 — Protection of Livelihoods, Brahmanical Subsistence Norms, and Royal Oversight (राष्ट्रवृत्ति-राष्ट्रगुप्ति-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राष्ट्रगुप्तौ एकोननवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭraguptau ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan—specifically the section on the instruction of royal duties—ends the eighty-ninth chapter on the safeguarding of the kingdom. This is a concluding colophon marking the close of Bhīṣma’s discourse on state protection as part of the wider teaching on righteous governance.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

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

राष्ट्रगुप्तौin (the topic/chapter) 'Protection/Guarding of the Kingdom'

एकोननवतितमःthe eighty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose theme is rāṣṭragupti—how a ruler safeguards the realm—within Bhīṣma’s broader instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties of kings).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse continues in the Śānti Parvan; here the text marks the end of the eighty-ninth chapter (on protecting the kingdom) in the rājadharma instruction section.