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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

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിൽ രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവാന്തർഗതമായ വാമദേവഗീതകളിലെ തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

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

वामदेवगीतासुin the (verses) called Vamadeva-gita(s)

त्रिनवतितमःthe ninety-third (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Vāmadeva

Character Dynamics

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 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.