Shloka 60

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

Utility Gifts

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das sechzigste Kapitel des Abschnitts Dāna-dharma innerhalb des Anuśāsana-Parva des heiligen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: venerable / auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (used as honorific prefix)

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्व: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular (in sense: 'in the Anushasana Parva')

• अन्तर्गत: included / contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular (agreeing with 'पर्व')

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the section on the duty of gifts
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular (in sense: 'in the Danadharma-parva/section')

• षष्टितमः: sixtieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed / finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with 'अध्यायः')

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva; it frames the preceding discourse as instruction on the righteous ethics of giving (dāna) within the broader discipline of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice closes the chapter, indicating that the sixtieth adhyāya of the Dāna-dharma section in Anuśāsana Parva has concluded, within Bhīṣma’s extended instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira.