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Shloka 90

उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्

Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उतथ्यगीतासु नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāsu navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વમાં, રાજધર્માનુશાસનપર્વના અંતર્ગત, ઉતથ્ય-ગીતા પ્રસંગોમાં નવ્વદમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) of instruction on the king's duties

उतथ्यगीतासुamong/in the songs (teachings) of Utathya

नवतितमःninetieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva (section)

Utathya

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 marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of the Śānti Parva; it signals that the preceding discourse (attributed to Utathya) belongs to the ethical-political teaching on kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text formally concludes a unit: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the thematic section (instruction on rājadharma), and states that the ninetieth chapter of the Utathya-gītā portion has ended.