Shloka 91

Book 12, Chapter 93 — Vāmadeva’s Counsel to King Vasumanā on Dharmic Kingship (धर्मप्रधान-राजधर्मोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें उतथ्यगीताविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāviṣayaka ekānavati-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वात उतथ्य-गीता-विषयक एक्याण्णवावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded / contained (within)

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana Parva (section on instruction in royal duties)

उतथ्यगीताविषयकःconcerning the Utathya-gita

एकनवतितमःninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted / finished

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Utathya

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 devoted to the Utathya-gītā within the instruction on rājadharma, framing the preceding material as guidance for ethical kingship and right governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker: the text announces that the ninety-first chapter on the Utathya-gītā, situated inside the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of the Śānti Parvan, has concluded.