Shloka 64

Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें वर्णाश्रम धर्मका वर्णनविषयक चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmasya varṇanaviṣayakaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中“王法教诫”一部，论述四姓四住（varṇa-āśrama）之法的第六十四章告终。

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata (in) the Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व-में: in the Rājadharmānuśāsana-parvan
• राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व-में: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म-अनुशासन-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्णाश्रम-धर्म-का: of the varṇāśrama-dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णाश्रम-धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णन-विषयक: concerning the description
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णन-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुःषष्टितमः: sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

इन्द्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Varṇāśrama-dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon concluding a chapter whose subject is varṇāśrama-dharma—ethical duties structured by social roles (varṇa) and life-stages (āśrama)—presented within the broader instruction on rājadharma (the responsibilities of rulership and public order).

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing dialogue, the text formally marks the end of the sixty-fourth chapter in the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of Śānti Parva, signaling that the exposition on varṇāśrama-dharma has been completed.