Shloka 103

Tapas-śreṣṭhatā: Anāśana as the Highest Austerity

Bhagīratha–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे त्रयधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmabhagīrathasaṃvāde trayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet hier im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Anuśāsana-Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Dāna-dharma—der Dialog zwischen Brahmā und Bhagīratha; damit ist das hundertdritte Kapitel vollendet.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे: in the dialogue of Brahma and Bhagiratha
• ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयधिकशततमः: one hundred and three (103rd)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Bhagīratha
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, situating the reader within the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction: it frames the preceding material as part of dāna-dharma (the duty and ethics of giving) taught through the Brahmā–Bhagīratha dialogue, emphasizing charity as a central component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse marks the formal close of a chapter: it identifies the epic (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma Parva), and the specific dialogue (between Brahmā and Bhagīratha), and then states the chapter count as the 103rd.