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Shloka 88

Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कोशसंचयप्रकारकथने अष्टाशीतितमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kośasaṃcayaprakārakathane aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിൽ, രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവാന്തർഗതമായി രാജകോശം സമാഹരിക്കുകയും പരിരക്ഷിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന മാർഗങ്ങൾ വിവരിക്കുന്ന തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

कोशसंचयप्रकारकथनेin the narration of the methods of accumulating the treasury

अष्टाशीतितमःeighty-ninth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Kośa (royal treasury)

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 is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose ethical focus is rājadharma: how a ruler should build and safeguard the treasury through proper methods, implying that financial policy is part of righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 89 in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, concluding the discussion on procedures for treasury accumulation.