Shloka 69

राज्ञो वृत्त-गुण-संग्रहः (Conduct and the Thirty-Six Virtues of a King) / The King’s Code of Conduct

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें उनह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parvaṇi ekonāsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le soixante et onzième chapitre de la section Rājadharmānuśāsana du Śānti Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata. Ce repère narratif marque une pause dans l’enseignement de Bhīṣma sur les devoirs du roi, présentant le gouvernement comme une discipline éthique fondée sur le dharma.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rajadharma-anushasana Parva (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनसप्ततितमः: sixty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-seventy)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनसप्ततितम
• 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

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes that Bhīṣma’s discourse is organized as formal instruction (anuśāsana) on rāja-dharma—ethical kingship—within the broader peace-oriented framework of the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 71 in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of Śānti Parva, marking a structural pause in Bhīṣma’s ongoing counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on the duties and conduct of rulers.