Shloka 95

धर्म्यविजय-नियमाः

Rules for Dharmic Victory in Kṣatriya Engagement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि विजिगीषमाणपृत्ते पञ्चनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijigīṣamāṇapṛṣṭe pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے راج دھرم اَنوشاسن پَرو میں، فتح کے خواہاں (وِجِگیषُ) کے سوال کے ضمن میں پچانوےواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific ‘śrī’
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: in the great (work)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्ति: in (the) Śānti (section)
• शान्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्म: in (the topic of) royal duty
• राजधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासन: in the instruction/teaching
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विजिगीषमाण: in (the chapter) ‘of one desiring to conquer’
• विजिगीषमाण: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (√जि)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पृच्छते: asks; inquires
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (√प्रच्छ्)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पञ्चनवतितमः: the ninety-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharma-anuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharma instruction. It frames the teaching as guidance for a ruler—especially one intent on conquest—implying that victory must be pursued under the discipline of rājadharma (ethical statecraft and kingly duty).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the ninety-fifth chapter within the Rājadharma-anuśāsana portion of Śānti Parva. Bhīṣma’s discourse is presented as an answer to questions posed about the conduct and policy of an aspiring conqueror.