Shanti Parva Adhyaya 22 Shloka 22 - Mahabharata | Urdu | Vedapath

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Shloka 22

अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि अर्जुनवाक्ये द्वाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi arjunavākye dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں، ارجن کے کلام کے سیاق میں، بائیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker

श्रीin the venerable/auspicious (as an honorific)

महा-भारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्ति-पर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्वणिin the (sub-)parvan on instruction in royal duties

अर्जुन-वाक्येin Arjuna's speech/statement

द्वाविंशःtwenty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

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?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to frame the surrounding discourse as part of rājadharma—ethical instruction on rulership—within the Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the chapter belongs to a structured moral-legal teaching tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the twenty-second chapter in the Śānti Parva, within the rājadharma instruction section, noting that the chapter is presented under the heading of Arjuna’s words; it is a formal closing marker used by the tradition to organize the epic.