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Shloka 94

Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative

Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि शपथविधिनाम चतुर्नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śapathavidhināṃ caturṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über das Dharma des Schenkens (dāna-dharma)—das vierundneunzigste Kapitel, das die rechten Verfahren und Regeln in Bezug auf Eide darlegt. Dieses Kolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss einer lehrhaften Einheit, die ethisches Handeln durch geregelte Rede und feierliche Gelübde rahmt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of gifts (Dāna-dharma-parvan)

शपथविधीनाम्of the procedures/rites of oaths

चतुर्नवतितमःthe ninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Śapatha-vidhi (oath procedures)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line primarily signals closure, but it points to the ethical focus of the chapter: the disciplined use of oaths (śapatha) under prescribed rules (vidhi), implying that truth-commitments and solemn speech are part of dharma, especially in contexts like charity and social obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken narrative verse but a concluding colophon: it announces that, within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and the dāna-dharma section, the ninety-fourth chapter—on procedures concerning oaths—has ended.