Shloka 67

राजा-दैवतत्वम् — The King as a Stabilizing ‘Daivata’ (Divine Function) in Social Order

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि राष्ट्र राजकरणावश्यकत्वकथने सप्तषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi rāṣṭra-rāja-karaṇāvaśyakatva-kathane saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Mahābhārata tôn kính, thuộc Śānti Parva—đặc biệt là phần giáo huấn về bổn phận của bậc vương giả—kết thúc chương thứ sáu mươi bảy, bàn về sự cần thiết của những công cụ và thiết chế khiến quốc gia và người trị vì được hữu hiệu. Đây là lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự khép lại bài thuyết giảng của Bhīṣma về quốc chính và vương đạo.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspicious; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: in the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan (section on instruction in royal duties)
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्रराजकरणावश्यकत्वकथने: in the narration of the necessity of the means for kingdom and kingship
• राष्ट्रराजकरणावश्यकत्वकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्रराजकरणावश्यकत्वकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line signals the completion of a chapter devoted to rājadharma—emphasizing that a kingdom’s stability depends not only on a righteous ruler but also on necessary instruments of rule (administration, enforcement, revenue systems, and allied supports) that make governance effective.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing marker of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction to the king on dharma and governance within the Śānti Parva. It does not advance the story directly; it frames and concludes the preceding discourse by naming the text, parva, sub-parva, topic, and chapter number.