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Shloka 71

अध्याय ७२ — राजधर्मः: प्रजारक्षण, कर-नीति, दण्ड-नीति, अमात्य-नियोजन

Chapter 72 — Royal Duty: protection of subjects, taxation, punishment, and appointments

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि एकसप्ततितमो<थध्याय: ।। ७१ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें इकठत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 71 ||

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில் உள்ள ராஜதர்மானுஷாசனப் பகுதியில் எழுபத்தொன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)

एकसप्ततितमःseventy-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parvan

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 within the Rājadharma (royal duty) instruction, framing the preceding material as authoritative guidance on ethical governance and the responsibilities of a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira continues in the Śānti Parvan; here the text formally closes the seventy-first chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana section, indicating a transition to the next chapter’s instruction.