Shloka 36

Vipulopākhyāna—Ruci-rakṣā and Śakra’s Māyā (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—रुचिरक्षणं शक्रमाया च)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्राह्मणकी प्रशंसाके प्रसंगमें इन्द्र और शग्बरायुरका संवादविषयक छत्तीयवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Anuśāsanaparvake antargata Dānadharmaparvame brāhmaṇasya praśaṃsāprasange Indra-Śaṅbarāyur-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

So endet das sechsunddreißigste Kapitel des Anuśāsana Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts über den Dharma des Gebens, im Zusammenhang mit dem Lob des Brāhmaṇa—nämlich das Kapitel, dessen Gegenstand der Dialog zwischen Indra und Śaṅbarāyu ist.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीvenerable/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma-parvan

ब्राह्मणस्यof the brāhmaṇa

प्रशंसायाःof the praise

प्रसङ्गेin the context/occasion

इन्द्रIndra

शम्बरायुःŚambarāyu (proper name)

चand

संवादdialogue

विषयकःconcerning/pertaining to

षट्त्रिंशत्तमःthirty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrīmahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma Parva

Indra

Śaṅbarāyu

Brāhmaṇa

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?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and is framed through praise of the Brāhmaṇa ideal—implying that generosity, disciplined conduct, and reverence for learning and virtue are central ethical values being upheld.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it announces the completion of the thirty-sixth chapter, identifying its placement (within Anuśāsana Parva, in the Dāna-dharma section) and its subject matter (a dialogue between Indra and Śaṅbarāyu) delivered in the broader frame of Bhīṣma’s instruction.