Shloka 116

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि अहिंसाफलकथने षोडशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ahiṃsāphalakathane ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the Dharma of Gifts—this chapter that expounds the fruits of non-violence: the one-hundred-and-sixteenth chapter (i.e., the 116th).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहिंसाफलकथने: in the narration of the fruits of non-violence
• अहिंसाफलकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसाफलकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षोडशाधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixteenth
• षोडशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Ahiṃsā (non-violence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, identifying the chapter’s ethical focus: the exposition of the fruits (spiritual and moral results) of ahiṃsā (non-violence) within the broader teaching on dāna-dharma (the dharma of giving).

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse attributed to Bhīṣma reaches a formal close for this unit: the text marks the end of the chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva and labels it as the 116th chapter, situated in the section on charity and the benefits of non-violence.