Shloka 95

Adharmic Victory as Unstable; Rules of Restraint, Mediation, and Conciliation (अधर्मविजय-अध्रुवत्व तथा क्षमा-नयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें विजयाभथिलाषी राजाका बर्तावविषयक पंचानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijayābhilāṣiṇaḥ rājñaḥ vartāva-viṣayakaḥ pañcanavaty-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with the conduct a king should adopt when he seeks victory.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विजयाभिलाषी: desirous of victory
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयाभिलाषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्ताविषयक: concerning conduct/behavior
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चनवतितमः: ninety-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Bhīṣma
• the king (rājā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon indicating the completion of a chapter that instructs how a victory-seeking king should conduct himself—framing kingship as an ethical discipline governed by rājadharma rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhīṣma’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, the text closes a chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana section; it signals that the preceding instruction on royal conduct aimed at victory has concluded.