Shloka 106

उपवासफलात्मकविधिः — Upavāsa as Yajña-Equivalent Merit

Angiras Teaching

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उपवासविधौ षडधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi upavāsavidhau ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Anuśāsana-Parvan—insbesondere im Abschnitt über die Dharma-Lehre der Gaben und des religiösen Verdienstes—das hundertsechste Kapitel, das die rechten Regeln und die Disziplin des Fastens (upavāsa) behandelt.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• उपवासविधौ: in the procedure/rule of fasting
• उपवासविधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवासविधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षडधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अंगियरा उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parvan
• Dāna-dharma Parvan
• Upavāsa (fasting)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is upavāsa-vidhi—ethical and ritual discipline around fasting—situated within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma (the moral law of giving). It frames fasting as a regulated practice within dharma rather than mere self-denial.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse functions as a formal closing statement: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parvan), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parvan), and the chapter topic (rules of fasting), and then declares the chapter number as completed.