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Shloka 62

Brāhmaṇa-Dharma, Āśrama Eligibility, and the Primacy of Rāja-Dharma (Śānti Parva 63)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने द्विषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Inilah bab ke-62 dalam Śānti Parva dari Śrī Mahābhārata, pada bagian Rajadharmānuśāsana, dalam uraian tentang dharma varṇa dan āśrama.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the (sub-)Parva called 'Instruction on the king's duty'

वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथनेin the narration of the duties of varnas and ashramas

द्विषष्टितमःsixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

varṇa

āśrama

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 teaching verse: it frames the preceding material as instruction on rājadharma (royal duty) and varṇāśrama-dharma (duties according to social order and life-stage), emphasizing that ethical governance is grounded in regulated personal and social conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes formally. The Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva continues its post-war instruction, and this closing formula identifies the location of the discourse—within the rājadharma instruction section and specifically the discussion of varṇa and āśrama duties.