Shloka 52

Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि युधिष्ठिराद्यागमने द्विपञज्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirādyāgamane dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cinquante-deuxième chapitre du Śānti Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section d’instruction sur les devoirs royaux, concernant l’arrivée de Yudhiṣṭhira et des autres.

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 duties of kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिराद्यागमने: in (the topic of) the coming/arrival of Yudhishthira and others
• युधिष्ठिराद्यागमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिराद्यागमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva (section)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the teaching by marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction. Its ethical significance lies in emphasizing that rājadharma is delivered as structured, authoritative counsel—meant to be received, remembered, and applied in governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The reciter signals the end of the fifty-second chapter in the Śānti Parva, specifying that this unit concerns the arrival of Yudhiṣṭhira and his companions and belongs to the rājadharma instruction section. It functions as a formal transition point to the next chapter.