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Shloka 61

Brāhmaṇa-Dharma, Āśrama Eligibility, and the Primacy of Rāja-Dharma (Śānti Parva 63)

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें चारों आश्रमोंके धर्मोका वर्णणविषयक एकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi caturṇām āśramāṇāṁ dharmāṇāṁ varṇanaviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ตอนศานติปรวะ ภาคคำสั่งสอนว่าด้วยราชธรรม บทที่หกสิบเอ็ด อันว่าด้วยการพรรณนาธรรมของอาศรมทั้งสี่ ก็สิ้นสุดลง

इतिthus; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रकारम्manner; way
प्रकारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
श्री:
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महाभारतम्the Mahabharata
महाभारतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शान्तिof peace; Shanti
शान्ति:
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
पर्वin the Parva (book/section)
पर्व:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
केin/within (postpositional use: 'के अन्तर्गत')
के:
TypePronoun
Root
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within
अन्तर्गत:
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तर्गत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
राजधर्मin (the section on) kingly duties
राजधर्म:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजधर्म
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अनुशासनin the instruction (sub-parva)
अनुशासन:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुशासन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पर्वin the Parva/section
पर्व:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
मध्येin the midst; within
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमध्य
चतुर्of four
चतुर्:
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
आश्रमof the life-stages (ashramas)
आश्रम:
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
धर्मof the duties/laws
धर्म:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
वर्णनof the description
वर्णन:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्णन
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
विषयकhaving as its subject; concerning
विषयक:
TypeAdjective
Rootविषयक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एकone
एक:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षष्टिsixty
षष्टि:
TypeNoun
Rootषष्टि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समाप्तःcompleted; concluded
समाप्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमाप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभवत्was; became
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Lan), 3, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

M
Mahābhārata
Ś
Śānti Parva
R
Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
B
Bhīṣma
T
the four Āśramas

Educational Q&A

This line functions as a colophon: it highlights that the chapter’s core subject is āśrama-dharma—the duties and ethical disciplines appropriate to the four stages of life—presented within Bhīṣma’s broader instruction on rājadharma (good governance and righteous rule).

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker. The text signals that the sixty-first chapter, focused on describing the dharmas of the four āśramas, has been completed within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section.