Next Verse→

Shloka 63

Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने त्रिषप्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane triṣapṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante-troisième chapitre du Śānti Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section consacrée à l’instruction des devoirs royaux (rāja-dharma), au sein de l’exposé sur les devoirs des varṇa et des āśrama (étapes de la vie). Il s’agit d’un colophon solennel marquant la clôture de l’enseignement de ce chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the section (parvan) of instruction on the duties of kings

वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथनेin the discourse on the dharma of varnas and ashramas

त्रिषप्टितमःsixty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Varṇāśrama-dharma

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—situated within Bhīṣma’s guidance on rājadharma and the exposition of varṇāśrama-dharma—has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva, identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section → discourse on varṇāśrama duties).