Shloka 87

Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें राष्ट्रकी रक्षा आदिका वर्णनविषयक सत्तासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargata-rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇā rāṣṭra-rakṣā-ādikā-varṇana-viṣayakaḥ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਤਰਗਤ ਰਾਜਧਰਮਾਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਾਜ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਆਦਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਵਰਣਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਤਾਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered; auspiciousness (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: in (the) Shanti (Parva)
• शान्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within; contained in
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्म: of royal duty/statecraft
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुशासन: of instruction; teaching
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: by/through the parva (section)
• पर्व: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राष्ट्र: of the kingdom/state
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षा: protection
• रक्षा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आदि: etc.; and so on
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि

• वर्णन: of description
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: having as its subject; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त

• अशीति: eighty
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom/state)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s focus is rājadharma—especially the king’s obligation to protect and preserve the rāṣṭra (state/realm) and to uphold order through principled governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the eighty-seventh chapter, dealing with topics such as safeguarding the kingdom, has been completed within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section.