Shloka 90

उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्

Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उतथ्यगीतासु नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāsu navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on the instruction of royal dharma—ends the ninetieth chapter of the Utathya-gītā passages.

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) of instruction on the king's duties
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उतथ्यगीतासु: among/in the songs (teachings) of Utathya
• उतथ्यगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उतथ्यगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• नवतितमः: ninetieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva (section)
• Utathya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of the Śānti Parva; it signals that the preceding discourse (attributed to Utathya) belongs to the ethical-political teaching on kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text formally concludes a unit: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the thematic section (instruction on rājadharma), and states that the ninetieth chapter of the Utathya-gītā portion has ended.