Shloka 69

राज्ञो वृत्त-गुण-संग्रहः (Conduct and the Thirty-Six Virtues of a King) / The King’s Code of Conduct

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें उनह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parvaṇi ekonāsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Assim se conclui o septuagésimo primeiro capítulo dentro da seção Rājadharmānuśāsana do Śānti Parva do venerado Mahābhārata. Este marcador narrativo assinala uma pausa na instrução de Bhīṣma sobre os deveres do rei, enquadrando o governo como uma prática ética disciplinada, alicerçada no dharma.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharma-anushasana Parva (section on instruction in royal duties)

एकोनसप्ततितमःsixty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-seventy)

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes that Bhīṣma’s discourse is organized as formal instruction (anuśāsana) on rāja-dharma—ethical kingship—within the broader peace-oriented framework of the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 71 in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of Śānti Parva, marking a structural pause in Bhīṣma’s ongoing counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on the duties and conduct of rulers.