Shloka 92

Book 12, Chapter 93 — Vāmadeva’s Counsel to King Vasumanā on Dharmic Kingship (धर्मप्रधान-राजधर्मोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वामदेवगीतासु द्विनवतितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vāmadevagītāsu dvinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the section on the instruction of royal dharma—ends the ninety-second chapter of the Vāmadeva Gītā.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वामदेवगीतासु: among/in the songs (gītās) of Vāmadeva
• वामदेवगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेवगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• द्विनवतितमः: ninety-second
• द्विनवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Vāmadeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the close of a chapter within the Vāmadeva Gītā material situated in the Rājadharma instruction of the Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding content as guidance on righteous rule and ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: the speaker’s discourse (attributed to Vāmadeva) reaches a formal endpoint, and the Mahābhārata’s internal editorial formula identifies the larger book (Śānti Parva), the thematic subdivision (instruction on royal dharma), and the chapter number just completed.