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Shloka 90

उतथ्योपदेशः—राजधर्मः, दर्पनिग्रहः, प्रजारक्षणम्

Utathya’s Instruction: Royal Dharma, Restraint of Pride, Protection of Subjects

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि उतथ्यगीतासु नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi utathyagītāsu navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya nito, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging nagtuturo ng dharma ng hari—nagtatapos ang ikasiyamnapung kabanata ng mga talata ng Utathya-gītā.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणिin the Parva (section) of instruction on the king's duties

उतथ्यगीतासुamong/in the songs (teachings) of Utathya

नवतितमःninetieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

उतथ्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva (section)

Utathya

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 marking the close of a chapter within the royal-dharma instruction of the Śānti Parva; it signals that the preceding discourse (attributed to Utathya) belongs to the ethical-political teaching on kingship and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text formally concludes a unit: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the thematic section (instruction on rājadharma), and states that the ninetieth chapter of the Utathya-gītā portion has ended.