Shloka 87

Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें राष्ट्रकी रक्षा आदिका वर्णनविषयक सत्तासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargata-rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇā rāṣṭra-rakṣā-ādikā-varṇana-viṣayakaḥ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sa ganito nagtatapos ang ikawalongpu’t pitong kabanata ng Mahābhārata sa Śānti Parva, sa loob ng bahaging Rājadharmānuśāsana, na tumatalakay sa mga bagay gaya ng pag-iingat sa kaharian at tungkulin ng hari na pangalagaan ang nasasakupan.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

शान्तिin (the) Shanti (Parva)

पर्वin the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained in

राजधर्मof royal duty/statecraft

अनुशासनof instruction; teaching

पर्वby/through the parva (section)

राष्ट्रof the kingdom/state

रक्षाprotection

आदिetc.; and so on

वर्णनof description

विषयकhaving as its subject; concerning

सप्तseven

अशीतिeighty

अध्यायchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

rāṣṭra (the kingdom/state)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s focus is rājadharma—especially the king’s obligation to protect and preserve the rāṣṭra (state/realm) and to uphold order through principled governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the eighty-seventh chapter, dealing with topics such as safeguarding the kingdom, has been completed within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section.