Shloka 87

Śrāddha-pravṛtti-kathana and Varjya-dravya-nirdeśa

Origin and Prohibitions in Śrāddha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargataṁ dānadharmaparvaṇe śrāddhakalpaviṣayaka saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، ضمن أنوشاسانا بارفا من المهابهاراتا الموقَّرة، تُختَتمُ هنا الفصولُ الثامنُ والثمانون بعد المئة؟

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणःof the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतःincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणाby/through the Dāna-dharma Parva (section on charity-duty)

श्राद्धकल्पविषयकःconcerning the rules/procedure of śrāddha

सप्ताशीत्तमःeighty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete/finished

अभवत्was/became (was completed)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Śrāddha (rite)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-vidhi (the proper rules for ancestral rites) within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma, emphasizing that ritual duty toward ancestors is treated as an ethical-religious obligation within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-seventh chapter of the Dāna-dharma section inside Anuśāsana Parva. Although attributed to Bhīṣma in the framing dialogue, this particular sentence is an editorial/sectional closing statement rather than a spoken instruction.