Shloka 91

Book 12, Chapter 93 — Vāmadeva’s Counsel to King Vasumanā on Dharmic Kingship (धर्मप्रधान-राजधर्मोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें उतथ्यगीताविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāviṣayaka ekānavati-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le quatre-vingt-onzième chapitre du Śānti Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section d’instruction sur le dharma royal, portant sur l’Utathya-gītā.

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

• 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: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• उतथ्यगीताविषयकः: concerning the Utathya-gita
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उतथ्यगीताविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकनवतितमः: ninety-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed / finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Utathya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter devoted to the Utathya-gītā within the instruction on rājadharma, framing the preceding material as guidance for ethical kingship and right governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker: the text announces that the ninety-first chapter on the Utathya-gītā, situated inside the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of the Śānti Parvan, has concluded.