Shloka 88

Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कोशसंचयप्रकारकथने अष्टाशीतितमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kośasaṃcayaprakārakathane aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，在尊崇的《摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）之内——尤指王法教诫之章——阐明积聚并守护王室国库之法的第八十九章告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'
• 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 Parvan (section) of instruction on the duties of kings
• राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कोशसंचयप्रकारकथने: in the narration of the methods of accumulating the treasury
• कोशसंचयप्रकारकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोशसंचयप्रकारकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाशीतितमः: eighty-ninth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाशीति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva
• Kośa (royal treasury)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose ethical focus is rājadharma: how a ruler should build and safeguard the treasury through proper methods, implying that financial policy is part of righteous governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 89 in the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section, concluding the discussion on procedures for treasury accumulation.