Shloka 159

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि दुर्वासोभिक्षा नाम एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi durvāsobhikṣā nāma ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva—im Abschnitt über das Dharma des Gebens—das hundertneunundfünfzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Durvāsās Bitte um Almosen“. Dieses abschließende Kolophon rahmt die Begebenheit als Lehre über Großherzigkeit und rechtes Verhalten gegenüber der Forderung eines heiligen Mannes und betont, dass Gabe mit Ehrfurcht und ohne Groll zu spenden ist.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दुर्वासोभिक्षा: the alms (episode) of Durvāsas
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस्-भिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोन-षष्टि-अधिक-शत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• महाभारत (Mahābhārata)
• अनुशासनपर्व (Anuśāsana Parva)
• दानधर्मपर्व (Dāna-dharma section)
• दुर्वासा (Durvāsā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon situates the chapter within dāna-dharma, implying that the episode’s ethical focus is on proper giving—meeting requests for alms with respect, generosity, and steadiness of mind, rather than with irritation or pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva and names it “Durvāsā’s Request for Alms,” indicating that the preceding narrative centered on Durvāsā approaching for bhikṣā and the moral implications of the response.