Shloka 55

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें च्यवन और कुशिकका संवादविषयक पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parva-ke antargata dāna-dharma-parva-me cyavana aura kuśika-kā saṁvāda-viṣayaka pacapannavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

So endet das fünfundfünfzigste Kapitel des Abschnitts Dāna-dharma innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Cyavana und Kuśika behandelt.

Word by Word

• इस्: by this
• इस्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• श्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अनुशासन: of Anushasana (instruction)
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• पर्व: Parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• दानधर्म: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मध्ये: within/in the midst of
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य

• च्यवन: of Chyavana
• च्यवन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• कुशिक: of Kushika
• कुशिक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशिक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• का: of
• का: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• संवाद: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• विषयक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम: fifty-fifth
• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूरः: was completed
• पूरः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: perfect (as used in colophon-style completion statement), 3rd, singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular

Speaker

कुशिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Cyavana
• Kuśika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon that signals the completion of a teaching unit: the Dāna-dharma discussion framed as a dialogue between Cyavana and Kuśika. Its ethical emphasis is that giving (dāna) is treated as a significant limb of dharma within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional material.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative discourse concludes: the text formally closes the fifty-fifth chapter on the subject of the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva.