Shloka 166

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि भीष्मानुज्ञायां षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi bhīṣmānujñāyāṃ ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Anuśāsana-Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über das Dharma des Gebens und der Wohltätigkeit (dāna)—im Zusammenhang mit Bhīṣmas Zustimmung die hundertsechsundsechzigste Kapitel.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 gifts (Dāna-dharma-parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मानुज्ञायाम्: in (the subsection called) Bhīṣmānuज्ञā / Bhīṣma’s permission/assent
• भीष्मानुज्ञायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मानुज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Bhīṣma
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the chapter as part of the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and locates its ethical emphasis in dāna-dharma (the duty and principles of giving), presented under Bhīṣma’s authoritative instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals the formal close of the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and notes the contextual rubric ‘Bhīṣmānujñāyām,’ indicating that the discourse is delivered with Bhīṣma’s assent/authorization as he instructs on dharma.