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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

ઇતિ શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત રાજધર્માનુશાસનપર્વમાં યુધિષ્ઠિરાદિના આગમનવિષયક બાવનમો અધ્યાય।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

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

युधिष्ठिराद्यागमनेin (the topic of) the coming/arrival of Yudhishthira and others

द्विपञ्चाशत्तमःfifty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva (section)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.