Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें इन्द्र और मतज्ञका संवादविषयक अट्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi indra-matijña-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ aṣṭāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das achtundzwanzigste Kapitel im Abschnitt Dānadharma der Anuśāsana Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Indra und dem weisen Kenner (Matijña) behandelt. Dieses Schlusskolophon zeigt die Vollendung einer Lehrpassage an, die sich um die Ethik des Gebens und um das Unterscheidungsvermögen dreht, das rechtschaffene Großzügigkeit gemäß dem Dharma leitet.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma Parva

इन्द्रIndra

चand

मतज्ञthe knower of opinions/doctrines (Matagya)

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

अष्टाविंशतितमःtwenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Indra

Matijña

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter within the Dānadharma section; it frames the preceding material as instruction on the dharma of giving, guided by discernment (mati) and ethical judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter that presented a dialogue between Indra and Matijña; the text formally closes that unit by naming the parva/section and the chapter number.