Shloka 67

राजा-दैवतत्वम् — The King as a Stabilizing ‘Daivata’ (Divine Function) in Social Order

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राष्ट्र राजकरणावश्यकत्वकथने सप्तषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭra-rāja-karaṇāvaśyakatva-kathane saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

かくして尊き『マハーバーラタ』「シャーンティ・パルヴァ」—とりわけ王の義務を教示する章段—において、国と君主をしてその働きを全うさせる器具・制度の必要を説く第六十七章は終わる。これは毗湿摩の国政と王の法に関する説示がここに結ぶことを示す結語（コロフォン）である。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspicious; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)

राष्ट्रराजकरणावश्यकत्वकथनेin the narration of the necessity of the means for kingdom and kingship

सप्तषष्टितमःsixty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

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?

As a colophon, the line signals the completion of a chapter devoted to rājadharma—emphasizing that a kingdom’s stability depends not only on a righteous ruler but also on necessary instruments of rule (administration, enforcement, revenue systems, and allied supports) that make governance effective.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing marker of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction to the king on dharma and governance within the Śānti Parva. It does not advance the story directly; it frames and concludes the preceding discourse by naming the text, parva, sub-parva, topic, and chapter number.