Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 55 Shloka 51 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous VerseNext Verse→

Shloka 51

Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहद्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें च्चवनका उपाख्यानविषयक इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet das einundfünfzigste Kapitel der Anuśāsana-Parva des großen Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts über das Dharma des Schenkens (Dāna-dharma Parva), das die Episode um Cyavana behandelt. Dieses Schlusskolophon kennzeichnet den Abschluss dieser Erzähleinheit und hebt den ethischen Rahmen der Geschichte hervor, eingebettet in Lehren über Großzügigkeit und rechtes Handeln.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dānadharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)

चand

च्यवनof Cyavana (sage)

उपाख्यानepisode; narrative

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकपञ्चाशत्तमfifty-first

अध्यायchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Cyavana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the teaching unit belongs to the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) framework. The ethical emphasis is that narratives like Cyavana’s episode are presented as vehicles for instruction in righteous conduct, especially generosity and its proper place within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative itself is not advanced here; rather, the text formally closes the chapter, stating that the fifty-first adhyāya—centered on the Cyavana episode—has been completed within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section.