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Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि दानधर्मे सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmasvargārohaṇaparvaṇi dānadharme saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Anuśāsana Parva—genauer im Abschnitt über Bhīṣmas Aufstieg zum Himmel—das einhundertsiebenundsechzigste Kapitel, das zur Darlegung über das Dharma des Gebens (dāna) gehört.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on Bhishma's ascent to heaven

दानधर्मेin the dharma of giving (charity)

सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and sixty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teaching on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). It signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to the Mahābhārata’s instructional material, emphasizing charity as a key component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva, within the sub-section describing Bhīṣma’s final transition and ascent to heaven. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.