Shloka 138

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें एक सौ अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi ekaśata-aḍatiṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertachtunddreißigste Kapitel im Abschnitt Dānadharma des Anuśāsana Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• एकशत: one hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टत्रिंशत्तमः: one hundred thirty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टत्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dānadharma Parva
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter situated in the Dānadharma (charity-dharma) instructional sequence, emphasizing that the preceding material belongs to an ethical teaching framework on giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: the compiler’s/end-of-chapter notice states that the 138th chapter of the Dānadharma section within Anuśāsana Parva has concluded, within Bhīṣma’s ongoing discourse.