Shloka 93

Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वामदेवगीतासु त्रिनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vāmadevagītāsu trinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ដូច្នេះ ក្នុង «ស្រីមហាភារត» នៃ «សាន្តិពರ್ವ» ក្នុងផ្នែក «រាជធម្មានុសាសនបર્વ» ចប់ជំពូកទី៩៣ នៃបទ «វាមទេវគីតា»។

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Parva (section) of instruction on the duties of kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वामदेवगीतासु: in the (verses) called Vamadeva-gita(s)
• वामदेवगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेवगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• त्रिनवतितमः: the ninety-third (chapter)
• त्रिनवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Vāmadeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the surrounding material belongs to the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical duties of rulers) and that a chapter of Vāmadeva’s teachings has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, attributing the discourse to Vāmadeva and marking the end of the ninety-third chapter of that embedded teaching unit.