Shloka 84

Vyavahāra-Śuddhi and Rājadharma: Clean Administration, Counsel, and Proportional Punishment

Chapter 86

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें इन्द्र और ब॒हस्पतिका संवादविषयक चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaś caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikawalongpu’t apat na kabanata ng bahaging Rājadharmānuśāsana sa loob ng Śānti Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, na ang paksa ay ang pag-uusap nina Indra at Bṛhaspati—isang ganap na pagtatapos ng aral tungkol sa asal ng hari at pamamahala.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्म: of kingly duty
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुशासन: of instruction/treatise
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्र: of Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बृहस्पति: of Brihaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: of dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चौरासी: eighty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चौरासी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra
• Bṛhaspati
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose broader purpose is rājadharma—ethical instruction for rulers—presented through the authoritative dialogue of Indra and Bṛhaspati within Bhīṣma’s teaching in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally closing the eighty-fourth chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and its topic (the Indra–Bṛhaspati dialogue).