Shloka 132

ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः

Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि दिग्गजानां रहस्ये द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi diggajānāṃ rahasye dvātriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهارتا» الشريفة، ضمن «أنوشاسانا پرفا»—وخاصة في قسم «دارما العطاء»—تنتهي الفصول عند الفصل الثاني والثلاثين بعد المئة، المتعلق بالتعليم السري عن فيلة الجهات. وهذا خاتمةٌ (كولوفون) تُعلن انقضاء الفصل وتُبرز إطاره الأخلاقي: الإرشاد إلى العطاء القويم (دانا) بوصفه وجهًا من وجوه الدارما.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana Parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिग्गजानाम्: of the directional elephants (guardians of the quarters)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग्गज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रहस्ये: in the secret/mystery (topic)
• रहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

रेणुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Diggajās (elephants of the directions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter within the broader ethical discourse of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing dāna-dharma (the righteous principles of giving) and indicating that the chapter’s topic is an esoteric account connected with the diggajās (directional elephants), a cosmological motif used to situate moral instruction within a sacred worldview.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not narrative action but a formal closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded, identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject (the ‘secret’ concerning the elephants of the directions).