Shloka 41

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने एकचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulopākhyāne ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের অনুশাসনপর্বের অন্তর্গত দানধর্মপর্বে বিপুল-উপাখ্যান বিষয়ক একচল্লিশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• विपुलोपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) of Vipula
• विपुलोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुलोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकचत्वारिंशः: forty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section on charity)
• Vipula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new instruction: it frames the preceding material as a completed lesson within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), emphasizing that the Vipula episode functions as a didactic illustration of righteous generosity and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the Vipula-upākhyāna chapter has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity.