Shloka 67

राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः

Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें राष्रके लिये रुजाको नियुक्त करनेकी आवश्यकताका कथनविषयक सरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭrasya kṛte rājño niyuktasya āvaśyakatā-kathanaviṣayakaḥ saptasaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتی پَرو کے تحت راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں ‘مملکت کی بھلائی کے لیے راجا کی تقرری کی ضرورت’ کے بیان پر مشتمل سڑسٹھواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व: in the Rajadharmanushasana-parva section
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्रके: for the kingdom/state
• राष्ट्रके: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• राजानम्: a king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नियुक्त: appointed/assigned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करणस्य: of making/doing (the act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आवश्यकतायाः: of the necessity
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवश्यकता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कथन: statement/description
• कथन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• सप्तषष्टितमः: sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्टि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Bhīṣma
• rāṣṭra (the realm/state)
• rājā (the king/ruler)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That appointing a rightful ruler is essential for the protection and well-being of the realm; governance is treated as a dharmic necessity to uphold justice, security, and social stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a colophon-style closing statement marking the end of the sixty-seventh chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction, summarizing the chapter’s topic: the need to install a king for the sake of the state.