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Shloka 79

ऋत्विग्धर्मः, दक्षिणा-न्यायः, तपसः परमार्थः

Ritvij-Dharma, the Norm of Dakṣiṇā, and the Higher Meaning of Tapas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि एकोनाशीतितमो<ध्याय: ।। ७९ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनिशासनपर्वमें उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 79 ||

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात एकोणऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

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

एकोनाशीतितमःthe seventy-ninth (lit. one-less-than-eighty) (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī 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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma (the ethical and practical duties of a ruler) in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, indicating that Bhīṣma’s discourse has reached the end of this adhyāya.