Shloka 144

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्व॒रसंवादे चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde catuścatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über das Dharma des Schenkens und der Wohltätigkeit—hier der Dialog zwischen Umā und Maheśvara und bezeichnet das hundertfünfzigste Kapitel. Diese Zeile dient als feierlicher Kolophon, der die Lehre in ihren textlichen und ethischen Rahmen stellt: Unterweisung über rechtes Geben, vermittelt durch ein göttliches Gespräch.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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

• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara
• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमामहेश्वरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्: forty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dānadharma Parva
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), delivered through the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter of the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue within the Anuśāsana Parva, identifying the work, parva, thematic subsection (dāna-dharma), and the chapter number (150).