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Shloka 68

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि आड़्विरसवाक्येदडष्टपष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi āḍvirasavākye daṣṭapaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలోని రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వంలో అరవై ఎనిమిదవ అధ్యాయం।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) called 'Instruction on the duties of kings'

आड़्विरसवाक्येin the (so-called) 'Aḍvirasa-vākya' (colophon phrase/section-title; reading uncertain)

अष्टपष्टितमःsixty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसुमना उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana-parva

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 rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to situate the preceding teaching within the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction, emphasizing that the chapter belongs to the ethical framework of righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter and identifying its location in the epic’s structure (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section → chapter number). It signals a transition to the next unit of instruction.