Shloka 55

Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि च्यवनकुशिकसंवादो नाम पञ्चपज्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanakuśikasaṃvādo nāma pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «أنوشاسانا بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «دارما العطاء»—ينتهي الفصلُ الخامسُ والخمسون المعنون «حوار تشيافانا وكوشيكا». ويؤطِّر هذا الكولوفون الختامي التعاليمَ بوصفها بحثًا أخلاقيًا في الدانا (السخاء) وأساسها القويم في الأخلاق.

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादः: the dialogue of Cyavana and Kuśika
• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनकुशिकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

कुशिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Cyavana
• Kuśika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse should be read as ethical instruction on the duty and principles of giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the chapter titled “Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue,” identifying its placement within the Anuśāsana Parva and the Dāna-dharma subsection, thereby closing that unit of instruction.