Shloka 86

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधरमानुशासनपर्वमें दुर्गपरीक्षाविषयक छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata rājadharmānuśāsana-parva-meṁ durga-parīkṣā-viṣayaka chiyāsīvāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात दुर्गपरीक्षाविषयक शहाऐंशीवा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.

Word by Word

इतिthus (end-quotation marker)

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीrevered, auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

शान्तिof peace

पर्वbook/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

राजधर्मin (the section on) kingly duties

अनुशासनin the instruction (sub-parva)

पर्वin the parva/section

दुर्गof a fort

परीक्षाof examination/testing

विषयकconcerning, pertaining to

षट्six

अशीतितमeightieth (ordinal base)

अध्यायchapter

सम्पूर्णcomplete

अभवत्was, became (was completed)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Durga (fort/stronghold)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose theme is durga-parīkṣā—how a king should assess a fort/stronghold as part of rājadharma (responsible governance and security).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-sixth chapter within Śānti Parva’s Rājadharmānuśāsana section; it is an editorial/structural closure rather than a spoken narrative event.