Shloka 85

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें मन्‍्त्रीविभागविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi mantrīvibhāgaviṣayakaḥ pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात मंत्र्यांच्या विभाग व कर्तव्यविषयक पंच्याऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतthe venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section)

मन्त्रीविभागविषयकconcerning the division/classification of ministers

पञ्चाशीत्तमःeighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcomplete; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Mantrī (ministers/counselors)

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 line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose subject is the division and roles of ministers—implying that righteous kingship (rājadharma) depends on properly appointing, organizing, and using counselors in ethical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction. It functions as an editorial/structural closure rather than a spoken verse of narrative action, indicating that Bhīṣma’s discourse has finished this specific topic-unit.