Shloka 63

Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने त्रिषप्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane triṣapṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వములోని రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వమందు వర్ణాశ్రమధర్మకథన విషయమైన అరవైమూడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమగుచున్నది.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) of instruction on the duties of kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने: in the discourse on the dharma of varnas and ashramas
• वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषप्टितमः: sixty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषप्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Varṇāśrama-dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—situated within Bhīṣma’s guidance on rājadharma and the exposition of varṇāśrama-dharma—has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva, identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section → discourse on varṇāśrama duties).