Shloka 84

Vyavahāra-Śuddhi and Rājadharma: Clean Administration, Counsel, and Proportional Punishment

Chapter 86

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें इन्द्र और ब॒हस्पतिका संवादविषयक चौरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indra-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaś caturāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》内《王法训诫分篇》以因陀罗与布里哈斯帕提之对话为题的第八十四章圆满告终——关于王道伦理与治国之教，亦作为一整段完备的训示而收束。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• राजधर्म: of kingly duty
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुशासन: of instruction/treatise
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्र: of Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बृहस्पति: of Brihaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: of dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• चौरासी: eighty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चौरासी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra
• Bṛhaspati
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter whose broader purpose is rājadharma—ethical instruction for rulers—presented through the authoritative dialogue of Indra and Bṛhaspati within Bhīṣma’s teaching in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally closing the eighty-fourth chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and its topic (the Indra–Bṛhaspati dialogue).