Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें वर्णाश्रम धर्मका वर्णनविषयक चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmasya varṇanaviṣayakaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Assim termina o sexagésimo quarto capítulo da seção Rājadharmānuśāsana, dentro do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, capítulo dedicado a descrever o dharma do varṇa-āśrama (as quatro ordens e as quatro etapas da vida).

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata (in) the Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व-मेंin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan

वर्णाश्रम-धर्म-काof the varṇāśrama-dharma

वर्णन-विषयकconcerning the description

चतुःषष्टितमःsixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

इन्द्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Varṇāśrama-dharma

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon concluding a chapter whose subject is varṇāśrama-dharma—ethical duties structured by social roles (varṇa) and life-stages (āśrama)—presented within the broader instruction on rājadharma (the responsibilities of rulership and public order).

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing dialogue, the text formally marks the end of the sixty-fourth chapter in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of Śānti Parva, signaling that the exposition on varṇāśrama-dharma has been completed.