Shloka 73

Yogakṣema, Purohita, and the Mucukunda–Vaiśravaṇa Dialogue (योगक्षेम–पुरोहित–मुचुकुन्दवैश्रवणसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें पुरूरवा और कश्यपका संवादविषयक तिद्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi purūravā-kāśyapayoḥ saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ dvitīyottara-saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo septuagésimo quinto del Śānti Parva del venerable Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección de instrucción sobre el dharma del rey, relativo al diálogo entre Purūravas y Kaśyapa.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded within

राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व-मध्येin the Rājadharma-anushāsana-parvan

पुरूरवाPurūravas

चand

कश्यप-योःof (Purūravas) and Kaśyapa / of Kaśyapa (dual construction with Purūravas implied)

संवाद-विषयकconcerning the dialogue

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted, concluded

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

क

कश्यप (Kaśyapa)

प

पुरूरवा (Purūravas)

म

महाभारत (Mahābhārata)

श

शान्तिपर्व (Śānti Parva)

र

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व (Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter situated in the instruction on rājadharma (royal duty). Its ethical frame emphasizes that the preceding dialogue is to be read as guidance for righteous kingship and disciplined governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the chapter, identifying its placement in the Śānti Parva, within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, and stating that the subject was the dialogue between Purūravas and Kaśyapa.