Shloka 74

राजधर्मः—प्रजापालनं दानयज्ञश्च

Royal Duty—Protection of Subjects, Generosity, and Sacrificial Discipline

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें मुचुकुन्दका उपाख्यानविषयक चौहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi mucukundasyopākhyānaviṣayakaḥ catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వములో ముచుకుందోపాఖ్యానవిషయక డెబ్బై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेin the Shanti-parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Rajadharmanushasana-parvan

मुचुकुन्दस्यof Muchukunda

उपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the episode (upakhyana)

चतुर्सप्ततितमःseventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Mucukunda

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?

The chapter’s framing (as part of Rājadharma instruction) emphasizes that exemplary stories are used to clarify the ethical duties of rulers—governance grounded in dharma, restraint, and responsibility rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter dealing with the Mucukunda episode has finished, situating it within the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharmānuśāsana section and marking the end of the chapter in the text’s structure.