Shloka 24

Gaṅgā-māhātmya: Siddha–Śilavṛtti-saṃvāda and Gaṅgā-stava (गङ्गामाहात्म्यं—सिद्ध-शिलवृत्ति-संवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि ब्रह्मघ्नक थने चतुर्विशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmaghnakathane caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet das vierundzwanzigste Kapitel im Anuśāsana-Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt über das Dharma des Gebens (dāna), in der Begebenheit über die Tötung eines Brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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 (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मघ्नकथने: in the narration concerning the slayer of a brāhmaṇa (brahma-ghna)
• ब्रह्मघ्नकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मघ्नकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशः: twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section on charity)
• Brahmaghna (brāhmaṇa-slayer; brahmahatyā context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily marks closure, but it highlights the ethical frame of the surrounding discourse: dharma is upheld through right conduct, and grave wrongdoing such as brahmahatyā is treated as a serious moral rupture, with dāna (righteous giving) and prescribed expiations presented as key means of restoring order and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is the formal end-marker of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It indicates that the text has concluded a chapter within the dāna-dharma section, specifically in an episode dealing with the theme of a 'brahmaghna' (one implicated in the killing of a brāhmaṇa).